A division Bench of the Allahabad High Court, comprising Justice Giridhar Malviya and Justice K D Sahi, on Friday directed the state government to ensure uninterupted power supply free of charge to
29 other claims in offing : US-based MOnsanto Chemicals has filed an application with US authorities claiming patent right over Bt cotton, a pest resistant cotton seed claimed to be developed by its
The Centre for Science and Environment , a Delhi-based non-governmental organisation , has strongly criticised the Department of Biotechnology for entering into an agreement with Monsanto,
Spread across the length and breadth of India are forested tracts rich in more than 1,700 medicinal plant species. Their value are known to village communities, and multinational companies are
Seeking to stop the growing threat of infectious diseases before they enter the Unites States , the US government is about to spend $50 million helping developing nations from El Salvador to India
In January Steven Majewski of the University of Virginia and his colleagues announced that they had found a suspicious excess of stars of the same colour and brightness as those in Sagittarius dwarf
Dr Alexandros Frantzis of the University of Athens reseach suggests that whales suffer from "collateral damage" from the use of sonar by the world's navies. Such damage has long been suspected, since
In the space of a few years, the HMO has revolutionised America's health care system. In many ways, the new regime is a great success. The trouble is patients seem to hate it : a
On March 2nd, North Korea's official news agency issued its grimmest warning about food shortages. It said the country would run out of grain by mid-March, despite cutting daily rations from 300
