The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has urged the government to oppose the legalisation of biopiracy which is threatening Indian farmers of their livelihood. The CPI (M) central committee member,
The Andhra Pradesh Government has embarked upon an ambitious programme to complete most of the irrigation projects in the state in the next four years by spending Rs 6,000 crores, according to the
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board has launched prosecution against several industries in the state, including Ballarpur Paper Mills, for polluting the Yamuna river, the Delhi high court has
Concerned over rising competition to its farm sector, is planning to press for tariff cuts in India and other nations, and disciplining export subsidies and activities of state trading firms in
First came Dolly the cloned sheep. Next could be the cloning of a champion racehorse. Professor William Allen has already produced the world's first identical horse twins at racing's pioneering
As India aims at health for all early in the enxt millennium, it has only one doctor for about every 2,500 people, showing the weak and fragile healthcare infrastructure, a new study has said. Infant
The newly built, 19-km road passing through the Corbett Tiger Reserve may be great news for tourism. But not so for leopards and tigers. Already four leopards have died on the road since March - all
Whose baby is SMG-HAI -one of India's prominent inventions on complete combustion technology? Scientist Somendra Mohan Ghosh won the Shiromoni Award for it and holds the original patent. However, his
The World Health Organisation expects people to live longer and healthier lives but in developing countries it predicts that diseases like cancer, AIDS, tuberculosis and heart diseases will cut short
