The Human Immuno deficiency Virus (HIV) cannot be transmitted through a pin prick, AIDs experts have clarified, putting to rest rumours that people are being injected with the virus in public places.
Australia's Energy Equity Corporation Ltd (EEC) has said it would invest about $51 millions as equity towards the $570 million poower project in Kochi."The 1200 MW Vypeen power project is the largest
The first atomic bomb was exploded on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert in the United States. The official total of nuclear tests has since risen to more than 2,000 and U.S. leads the list with
The first computerized atlas of the environmental landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean has been released by the Colombia-based International Center for Tropical Agriculture and the United
Dr Ishwar Chand Gupta of the Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur, has been selected for the "2000 millennium medal of honour" by the American Biographical Institute for his achievement in
A former chief minister and senior Congress leader, Mr Ram Lal Thakur, today said that the commisison agents at Subzi Mandi, Delhi, were charging the apple growers' of the state an unauthorised
A leading industry chamber has suggested levy of excise duty at a concessional rate of eight per cent on CFC-free refrigerators to encourage environment-friendly products. In a representation to the
The Indian Crop Protection Association (ICPA) has initiated talks with Director of Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh, to support the farming community there. Certain districts in AP had witnessed a spate
Scientists at the Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry at Solan in Himachal Pardesh have found that the lack of an adequate number of bee colonies in the hill state is one reason for
The nine members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and member-in-waiting Cambodia have agreed to implement United Nations automobile environmental and safety standards, auto
