Human guinea pigs set to test a live AIDS vaccine will be given free lifetime care if they contact the killer disease, press reports said on Saturday, quoting a physicians group in
Eleven months after a Scottish laboratory announced it had cloned Dolly the sheep from the cell of an adult ewe, two scientists are challenging the experiment's credibility. "It is the lack of
The high-sounding promises of the state government to convert Orissa into a major destination for eco-tourism hold little water, looking at the increasing incidents of crime against wildlife. Futher,
The World Bank is falling short of its potential to improve reproductive health, despite sweeping changes aimed at strengthening its responsiveness to the needs of developing countries, according to
Sinar Mas Pulp & Paper (India) is in talks with the Gujarat government for setting up a Rs 2,000 crore state-of-the-art paper project. The company was planning to go in for an expansion of its Pune
The World Bank claims that despite the largest "concentration" of the poor in the world,India has "wasted" considerable anti-poverty funds. The bank called upon India to urgently develop a new
Ayurvedic durg manufacturers in the country will have to conform to certain specific guidelines in manufacturing proctices soon. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has had consultations
The Narmada Bachao Andolan activists have called off their 20-day old agitation at the Rs 500 crore Maheshwar hydel project site in Khargaon district. According to NBA spokesman, the activists have
The Orissa government today suspended top officials in charge of the Hirakud dam, including the chief engineer, for yesterday's mishap at Burla in which seven students were feared
Is peace at hand in Canada's bitter dispute with the United States over the sharing of Pacific Salmon? A report by two special envoys, which both governments have accepted, has raised hopes. But big
