Having completed about 70 per cent work, the Haryana Government hopes to complete the Rs 168 crore Hathnikund Barrage project in April 1999 - about three months ahead of
Larvivorous species of fish Gumbusia Afnis will be used a control malaria in the M P. A comprehensive scheme has been chalked out jointly by the Health and Fisheries Departments to undertake breeding
A row is brewing over an apparent attempt by the World Bank to play down a critical report from its internal inspection panel about the harmful effect on local communities of a Latin American dam it
Contrary to the tall claims about the Government's tireless efforts for family planning, the percentage of vasectomy among men in Rajasthan has registered a sharp decline from 15 per cent in 1985 to
The country's defence scientists have been given the green signal to work on the second phase of the Agni intermediate range ballistic missile, said sources at the Defence Research Development
Scientists and campaign groups in India are planning strategies to lobby against a proposed European Union law which would allow 17-20 year patents on living material - including plants, animals and
The government is toying with the idea of levying a ten paise surcharge on the existing hydel tariff in order to set in place a corpus to meet pre-detailed project report (DPR) stage costs for future
India and Brazil are joining hands to start research projects in the areas of agriculture, livestock and fisheries bio-technology. Under the agreement, India will share its expertise during the Green
Maharashtra government has worked out a crop insurance scheme to cover cereals, pulses and oil seeds during the first phase. The scheme which will cover cotton, sugarcane and horticulture during the
The demand for arecanut in the country is likely to crash in the next few years with more states planning to impose a ban on the use of panmasala. Already Kerala, Goa and Maharashtra, which are in
