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It is celebration time for Indian scientists involved in agricultural research. The Indian Agriculture Research Institute (Pusa Institute) at New Delhi has established the national Phytotron Facility

No one can say for sure how many days it takes for a common cold take to cure. But, scientists of Biomoleculer Engineering and Curnin School of Medicine, Melbourne, claim that a permanent cure of flu

The Environmental Protection Agency released its plan for utilities and industries to trade for allowances to emit pollution in an effort to cut smog in eastern states. With the emissions "cap and

Dr S B Singh,Vice-Chancellor of G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), has called for rapid scientific efforts to catapult the yeild and a drive to promote utilisation of millets

The Indian Forest Service Association (IFSA) has demanded a hike in the Rs 8,000 crore allocation proposed in the draft Ninth Plan as it considers the amount inadequate to tackle the challenges of a

A three hundred year old building that won a National Heritage Award from the Delhi Development Authority in 1993 has been partially demolished, because the management wanted to build an annexe

The International Energy Agency signed a Declaration of Co-operation with the Government of India covering major areas in the energy field. The declaration is similar to agreements the IEA signed

Reports that a part of the land adjoining the Tehri Dam area is sinking gradually and that a 50-meter-long crack has appeared near the coffer dam site have once again brought to the fore the question

The world's leading environmental thinkers drawn from government, business and non-governmental organizations created a blueprint for future joint action to foster global environmental

A series of suicides has rocked the Vidarbha region, where unseasonal rains and hailstrom have contributed to a drought-like situation. With both Kharif and Rabi crops ruined, cultivators in 13,000