The most devastating wildfires in seven decades are raging across Mexico and Central America, gobbling millions of acres of forests and grasslands, closing international airports and pushing blankets
The rabbit farm at Dhar Kalan in the submountainous terrain of Dhar subdivision in the Gurdaspur district, which was set up more than two years ago to generate additional employment opportunities for
Governments, many represented at ministerial level, will meet in Nairobi from 20 to 22 May, to discuss the future of the United Nations Environment Programme
Dr Kamla Verma, Minister Local Bodies, Haryana, made a surprise visit to Ballarpur Industries Ltd in Yamunanagar to see for herself pollution control measures taken by the largest paper manufacturing
Delhiites wanting to bore new tubewells cannot now do so without informing the authorities. And, the existing ones will now have to be registered with the Union government's Central Ground Water
The US justice department and 20 states formally filed antitrust law-suits against Microsoft Corp today, launching what may be one of the biggest battles in history with big business. The antitrust
In a landmark judgement, the Orissa High Court has asked the state government to evict all encroachers from the Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary on coast. The court also has directed the state to
Glaxo Wellcome Plc said its hepatitis B drug in development demonstrated sustained disease fighting capacity over two years in clinical tests. The drug called lamivudine, is considered important in
Good rains have finally brokenin Vietnam's key coffee growing province of Daklak where a severe drought has affected up to a third of the crop, a meteorologist and foreign traders said on Monday.
Today's systems show only the caller's telephone number, but researchers at Ericssor's research and development laboratory in Lund, Sweden, believe the photo system is only a few years away. They