For the first time in India, doctors have developed a technique by which a person's height can be increased by about ten inches through inexpensive surgery. The method, which involves surgery of the
Greenpeace International has questioned the Indian government's claim that its nuclear tests in the Pokhran range had no radioactive release in the atmosphere because these were 'contained'
Despite claims that it is taking great pains to design a model of environmental management in its oil drilling site in a remote highland region of Peru, charges of environmental damage caused by the
India can now mass produce the intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) - Agni- and has embarked on Phase-2 of the project aimed at substantially increasing its range and impact, the Scientific
Scientists : The successful execution of the set of five nuclear tests under project 'Shakti-98' has catapulted India's capability to design a range of nuclear weapons, and makes it a nuclear weapon
For development of wastelands under Integrated Wastelands Development Project, the Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute (CSWCRTI), Udhagamandalam, has taken up the
The Manipal Heart Foundation has completed 1,000 major heart surgeries in nine months. Dr. Devi Shetty, Vice-Chairman, said that the surgeries, which had fetched about Rs. 6 crores, had enabled the
Despite multiple delays, cost over-runs and a string of other problems, the US space agency Nasa is feverishly preparing to kick off the first grand space adventure of the 21st century - the assembly
The Orissa High Court has given sanction to the controversial fishing jetty project near Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary. The project had attracted media attention in 1994 when wildlife activists and
Three prominent American environmental groups have urged US President Bill Clinton to adopt a stronger environmental-advocacy agenda at the WTO May 18-20 ministerial meeting in Geneva.In a letter to
