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Steyer-Daimler-Puch has now drawn up major plans for India ranging from consultancy services to components manufacture. "Most car models in India were originally developed for Japanese, American or

The 1993 order bans waste dumping, construction activity and lanf-filling in coastal regulation zone (CRZ) areas, except for ports, jetties and harbours. All the four dumping grounds in the city have

The supreme court's 1993 order debarring any construction activity on the coastline 500 metres from the high-tide mark appears to have little meaning on the Madh-Marve stretch, where new projects on

The US department of energy will start a series of underground explosive tests on radioactive plutonium next week. Washington says the tests do not violate the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty but

The controversial Narmada project has again emerged as a dominant issue in Gujarat after the BJP's ascent to power at the Centre. This is likiely to pit Gujarat against Madhya Pradesh, now under the

A significant step towards indigenous aircraft development was achieved last month with the completion of flight trials of the naval variant advanced light helicopter (ALH) from the aircraft carrier

A Nu 1.2 million agreement for support to the Interim Storage of Pesticide Resides Project was signed between the Resident Co-ordinator of the Liaison Office of Denmark and the Deputy Finance

The urbanisation prevalent in the 20th century has brought in its wake an alarming, inevitable and persistent problem of slums. This massive and vital problem which is affecting every citizen was the

The Joint Action forum, an umbrella of many social organisations like Narmada Bachao Andolan, Ekta Parishad, Adivasi Mukti Sangathan and Kisan Adivasi Sangathan slammed the World Bank for sponsoring

The World Health Organisation drew fire from medical experts Thursday after it blamed 16 developing countries for acting "too slowly" to control tuberculosis, blunting global efforts to slow the