Scientists at the Sardar Patel Renewable Energy Research Institute in Gujarat have designed a low-cost filter that not only treats dairy effluents efficiently but also produces biogas in substantial
The Indian Council of Medical Research has come up with a new set of guidelines on the issue of transfer of biological material into and outside India for biomedical
In a significant decision, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has divested two of the proposed functions of the Water Board - sewage system and distribution of water - which was, till yesterday,
A self-taught inventor's dreams of joining the space race came sharply down to earth on Friday when his pound 70,000 hand-built rocket crashed, setting fire to several hundred acres of Dartmoor (UK).
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has set up a Core Group of experts to address the issue of gender inequality with respect to maternal mortality, female foeticide and infanticide and poor
Women suffering from advanced breast cancer that has spread to other organs may soon be able to take a pill in their quest to slow their incurable disease. Advisers to the US Food and Drug
The Delhi government has identified 4000 acres of land for relocation of industrial units currently functioning from residential or non-conforming areas as per the directives of the Supreme Court.
After two years of intense lobbying by the US, the Union government has agreed in principle to lift the ban on soyabeans import and permit Indian processors to bring in 1 million tonnes. The final
Curious bystanders and local bigways look on with mixed expressions as a cache of wildlife trophies, including fake tiger skins, toe nails-and rhino horns, are doused with kerosene and set
The government will review the terms of the agriculture policy and increase the minimum support price to farmers from the level recommended by the Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices, New
