The Pakistan government has decided to go ahead with the construction of a controversial 34-year-old dam project despite opposition from two provinces. The World Bank has told the government that
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and a multinational seed company Delta & Pineland Inc. have jointly patented a gene programmed to switch off the reproductive sytem of the plant
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said the Tamil Nadu State Government would support the efforts of the bleaching and dyeing units in Tiruppur and Karur to get six months time from the Supreme Court for
The Hanumantha Rao Committee report on the Tehri dam project has pulled up the Government for "according environmental clearance to the project before all necessary studies have been completed and
Indian scientists have developed a new bio-active glass ceramic which can enhance the efficiency of a special type of cancer treatment, according to a report published in the latest issue of the
The discharge of wastes from the Hazaribagh tanneries into the river Buriganga is seriously affecting the soil and plants and vitiating the air, ground water and causing health hazards. This was
In order to increase the capability and to refresh the knowledge of the vehicle emission testers, a month-long training programme on Vehicular Emission Control began in Kathmandu. It is targetted to
At last, the El Nino of 1997-98 is returning to its cradle, after scarring Latin America with drought and fire, storm and flood. But it is not over yet, and the fall-out, economic, social and
Once, vaccines were the poor relations of therapeutic drugs. Traditional vaccines, the sort used to combat childhood diseases such as measles, polio are a low-tech, low-cost boon to public health
The US tobacco industry agreed to pay $6bn over 25 years to settle a lawsuit brought by the state of Minnesota, just hours before closing arguments in the 14 week trial had been about to
