A deep wedge has been driven into Germany's political class by a new anti-smoking law which is pitting pipe-puffing Mr Helmut Kohl against party colleagues. The rift runs right down the Cabinet
It is time to promise, Manifestos come a dime a dozen. For decades political parties have been spelling out manifestos that would have meant a utopian state for India if they had been carried out. So
The Neem Foundation and other non-governmental organisaitons plan to plant 80 million neem trees in India over the coming seven years. Rediscovered by modern science, neem is being looked upon as an
The Enron-promoted 500 mw Kannur power project in Kerala has been accorded only conditional clearance by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). The FIPB has held that the Kannur power company
Atomic Energy Commission chairman and Department of Atomic Energy secretary Dr R Chidambaram said that the major mandate of the Department of Atomic Energy is the production of nuclear power and in
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Maharashtra Government has abruptly withdrawn a controversial circular seeking to isolate HIV-positive women in the State and carrying out compulsory
The Delhi State will soon get a mobile key hole surgery unit to perform 1,000 laparoscopic operations annually, renowned Surgeon, Mr. P.R.Kucheria, said here on
Report: A study has been initiated to find out the relationship between sanitation and growth stunting. This will study 800 children in two locations in South Asia and 800 more in two locations in
The ancient ginkgo tree, native to China, may hold some of the secrets to reducing the signs of ageing, if not to eternal youth. The ginkgo is thought to contain chemical catalysts called
Scientists have recently discovered a black hole at the core of the Milky Way: this is the gravitational anchor around which all objects in the galaxy, including the sun, revolve.
