The European Commission backed proposals to keep agricultural support prices largely unchanged and to implement a slight reduction in the Common Agricultural Policy budget for 1998-99 to
Photodynamic therapy-in which drugs that become toxic when exposed to light are used to destroy tumours-is a highly promising cancer treatment. But it is effective only against relatively flat and
Groundwater contamination by Cryptospordium and Giardia can cause significant problems. A British consortium has addressed this problem by launching a device designed to continuously detect particles
The European Commission unveiled plans for an international charter aimed at establishing principles governing business on the internet. It would encourage cooperation between governments on legal
The Delhi government on Wednesday issued a public order withdrawing the ban on 15-year-old commercial vehicles. In an order issued on Wednesday, transport minister Rajendra Gupta said the government
A national policy is being formulated on the medicinal plants to help the country substantially increase its share in the $60 billion world market for extracting plant-based drugs to five percent.The
The cheetah, the pink-headed duck and the mountain quail have become extinct in the last decade, while three other Indian animal species are feared to have become extinct, a study by the Zoological
On International Wetland Day , a discussion session on the 'Protection of the fragile coastal wetlands of Mumbai" was organised by the Mangrove society of Inida, United States Asia Environment
In an attempt at getting over resource problems for managing urban solid waste in the metropolis, the Government has invited private operators for disposal of the waste generated from three suburban
Dr. A. Abdul Kareem, Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University(TNAU), has called upon the scientific community not to lag behind in finding a solution to the problem of soil and water
