with a view to improving food safety standards, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board ( aerb) will oversee irradiation of food material in the country, under the Atomic Energy (Control and
Chips n' bytes channel Computer users in the UK will soon have a satellite TV channel of their own. The Sky Computer Channel will begin broadcasts on November 1 and transmit programmes every night.
an estimated 2,750 Bangladeshi villagers who lost their homes in heavy floods last May, have petitioned the World Bank ( wb ) for redress. They opine that the floods in central Bangladesh were
The discovery of the role played by pre historic people in the extinction of several species of animals and birds gives the subject of biodiversity depletion and conservation strategies a new twist
After several years of hostile talks and skirmishes, the cold and quiet expanse of the Arctic has become an area of joint concern by the nations bordering it - Canada, Denmark (it owns