The Indian floriculture industry has expressed shock at the seizure of thousands of 'counterfeit roses' by the authorities at the Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris, last week. Reacting to the
Undercover agents have stumbled across a number of stores, in Manhattan selling bidis-handrolled Indian cigarettes - in a drive by the city administration against those selling tobacco products to
A $1.8 million project launched by UNDP and the GEF will help Sri Lanka expand its use of renewable energy sources, including wind, water and biomass, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions from
The Bangladesh government is expected to launch a 250 million dollar Gorai river restoration project by June this year to ensure dry season flow in Gorai. Donor agencies and countries including
Beheaded frogs and disemboweled rats could soon be the exception rather than the rule in education and teaching. That's thanks to the new software published by the Stuggart-based publishing house
Despite an amendment to the Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) Act banning the use of certain synthetic colours in food, there continues to be a widespread prevalence and misuse of unpermitted
There must be a total ban on planting big trees in the existing grasslands in the State's various forests so that the delicate balance of ecology is not disturbed, said Sri Anwaruddin Choudhury, a
A government proposal to require household appliance manufacturers to recycle their spent products - with consumers shouldering the cost - will most likely be fully implemented from fiscal 2001.
The Agency of Industrial Science and Technology plans to launch a broad study into human behaviour in order to develop machinery control systems capable of identifying when the operator is fatigued
Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International said it had developed technology for controlling a computer by signing with bare hands. The Kyoto-based multimedia research facility
