Speakers at Paryavaran Sammelan, held in the Doon Valley recently, emphasised the need to create more awareness about economic benefits from forest resources and environment-friendly
Vijayawada has been included in the mosquito eradication drive, a nationwide programme to be taken up by the Union government next year. The project, estimated at Rs 860 crore, is being taken up for
The drug controller of India has cleared an indigenous genetically engineered oral cholera vaccine for trials in the humans. The vaccine was developed jointly by a team from the Institute of
study initiated: The Punjab Government has asked an Amritsar-based scientist for studying the "impact of pollution on fish production. Official sources said continued decline in the fish production
The Planning Commission has called for protection of the rights of farmers, as breeders in any "sui generis" system suited to the country's needs during the Ninth
The earthquake hazard facing Southern California may be substantially less severe than scientists had calculated, according to researchers who say that they have dispelled the notion of an earthquake
The Union Department of Biotechnology (DBT) will launch its bio-village project and has selected village morcha in Porbandar, the birth place of Mahatma Gandhi for the unique experiment. The project
A total of six countries signed the Kyoto protocol on climate change yesterday, the first day it was open for signatures with the hope that it would be enforced after the year
Mazda Motor Corp said on Tuesday that it has developed a new catalyst for gasoline engines which do a better job of removing toxic materials from exhaust
