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In a drab gray building in the industrial outskirts of St.Louis, a team of 200 people is working 19 hours a day in pursuit of the ultimate self knowledge. They are spearheading the effort to sequence

Scientists in the United States say they have devised a way of preventing TB in HIV patients,and their treatments could reduce outbreaks of the infectious wasting disease in developing

Presence of HIV cases is increasing, especially in major cities and northern regions of the State said Dr Chandrasekhar Nayak, Deputy Director of State AIDS

Leading Indian scientists will get together here next month to brainstorm and find ways to "translate research into development". Calcutta will play host to the second international research and

Inspite of the whole Narmda Valley being declared earthquake prone by the Geologists, the MP Government's apathy and neglect of this region is not understandable at all. The earthquakes in the last

Calcutta has been included in the Rs. 891 crore World Bank aided Enhanced Malaria Control Project for the country. The city is the only one from West Bengal to be included in the project will cover

A proposal to reduce the export log tax by 20% will be an environmental and economic disaster for Papua New Guinea, said Greenpeace. Greenpeace has released a leaked Papua New Guinea Forest Authority

The troubles which have faced the nuclear waste ship Pacific Swan in Japan clearly point out the need to halt both reprocessing and nuclear waste shipments, according to Greenpeace. Japan believes

The Gujarat HIgh Court, in a significant order recently, has directed the State Government to implement in term and spirit the Supreme Court directive on child labour and take necessay measures for

In a major move to promote private investment to harness non-conventional energy sources (NCES) for generating electricity, the Haryana Government has exempted this category of Independent Power