The Awami National Party, which recently broke off its alliance with the ruling party of Minister Nawaz Shariff, on Saturday declared open war on the Prime Minister over the controversial Kalabagh
With the Centre refusing a Rs 10-crore grant, the state's plans for dredging Adi Ganga under the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) have been washed out. Adi Ganga is the 20-km long Tolly's Nullah stretch on
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. said it has worked with Fujitsu Ltd. to develop technology for fast, precise drawing of patterns for large scale integrated circuits with electron beam lithography. The
Even before negotiators from around the globe left Kyoto and returned home with a historic treaty to combat the threat of global warming, Japan knew how hard it would be to honor its part of the
The Group of Eight (G-8), comprising the Group of Seven industrialized countries and Russia, is moving toward an agreement on the transportation of energy resources across borders. The agreement is
In mid-February, Indian papers reported that RiceTec Inc., an American rice producer in Texas, had received a U.S. patent for a new variety of basmatic rice it had developed. The company wants to
Technology got us into this : Cheap oil may be a sweet dream of Chevy Suburbans, but it's a nightmare for environmentalists and others who are fretting about air pollution and global warming. Cheaper
Even the most skilled of surgeons dread the leaks that can develop around incisions after patients have been stiched with surgical staples or sutures. Focal Inc. in Lexington, Mass., is proposing to
Plastics reinforced with carbon fibres are light and durable - very desirable if you are building an aircraft wing or fuselage. But the virtues of these composites go beyond weight and strength, says
In the labs of Toyota Motor Corp. outside Nagoya, 40 researchers are working to improve an unlikely object : the tree. To counteract environmental damage from car and truck exhaust, Toyota is
