A British Government attempt to have the worldwide ban on British beef exports declared illegal under the European Union law failed in the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg on Tuesday. In the
Joshi : Science and technology minister Murli Manohar Joshi has said the government will introduce a new patent law which would enable India to honour its commitment to the WTO and protect its
Eight more towns in West Bengal will be covered under the Ganga Action Plan (GAP), while 15 others are awaiting clearance from the Supreme Court. The Director of National River Conservation
A nurse was forced to give up work when she developed asthma from passive smoking through her duties in a private nursing home, a coury in Manchestor, northern England,
Costa Rica's El Arenal volcano has been throwing molten lava and sent columns of ash and smoke into the skies, prompting the government to declare an emergency and evacuate at least 400 people from
Bangladesh will receive five million US dollars from the United States for the Management of Aquatic Ecosystems through Community Husbandry (MACH) project under an agreement signed in
The government will announce a tourism policy with an action plan within the next two months, tourism minister Madan Lal Khurana said on Wednesday. The ministry has mooted a proposal to set up a
Paul Epstein, of the Harvard School of Medicine, had written a paper last year linking the E1 Nino effect to "hepatitis, shigella, typhoid, and cholera, as well as malaria, dengue, yellow fever,
Groundwater of the Yamuna flood plains will be tapped to meet the water shortage in summer months, chief minister Sahib Singh Verma said on Wednesday. He refuted media reports that water supplied in
