For those "sick" at heart, there is a second chance with the introduction of a new technique for detecting defects more accurately. It is known as "intravascular ultrasournd" or IVUS . This method
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) plans to generate 99,000 million units of electricity during the current financial year 1998-99 with an availability factor of 84 per cent from its coal
To check the growing menance of pollution in the Gomti, the UP Jal Nigam has prepared a Rs 50.29 crore plan, to divert the city's drains which empty into the river - Lucknow's main source of drinking
CAG report : The US-based power company Enron's 2,184 MW power plant in Maharashtra is again in the thick of a controversy with the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) confirming what critics of
TNPCB staff being trained: With two sites identified near the city for setting up hazardous waste treatment facilities, the TN Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has begun training its engineers and
For the second time in the last six months, the dyeing and bleaching industry in Karur district has run into trouble and about 434 units have been forced to close down due to the delay in the
The first of the 13 biosphere reserves proposed in the country, the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR) covering 5,520 sq.km. in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, came into being about 12 years ago, but
A toxic spill in southern Spain has caused an ecological disaster that is worsening by the hour as contaminated water and acidic mud flow toward the sea, environmentalists said. Greenpeace said the
North Korea will remain dependent on foreign aid for many more years because of the effects of recent flood damage and a deteriorating economy, a United Nations agency
The Liberal government of Jean Chretien, Canada's prime minister, faces a confidence vote over a US$766m compensation package for an estimated 22,000 victims who contracted hepatitis C from tainted
