A year ago, Hale-Bopp, the comet, fascinated amateur stargazers and professional astronomers alike. It may since have vanished from our field of vision, but it was the subject of a conference held on
The emission trading that the U.S. pushed to be a permanent feature of last year's global-warming treaty may be phased out after eight years, according to the head of the United Nations commission
It is easy to predict the threats to the dwindling population of the magnificent stripped cat but not easy to solve the crisis the animal faces. The problems faced by tiger conservationists are,
Scientists, chewing on the vices and virtues of betel leaves (Paan), have reported mixed results: chewing pan in low intake is good for health, but as an incessant habit it can be harmful. "Excess
The National Remote Sensing Agency, which is now celebrating successful completion of 10 years, has made tremendous progress in every respect and is readying itself to capture 30-35 per cent of the
The Government should set up a permanent steering committee to look after the patent-related interests of the country, a well-known trade mark and patent attorney has said. Mr. Chandrakant M. Joshi,
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation's (CMC) initiative to prevent both unauthorised removal and recycling of clinical and biomedical wastes, in the interest of public health, is expected to come in
State Pollution Control Boards have initiated legal action against 1,008 of the 2,138 polluting industries for discharging effluents into the rivers and lakes without requisite treatment. Of these,
In the agriculturally prosperous states of Punjab and Haryana, the precursors of the green revolution since 1967, fragmentation of land holding is threatening the very existence of the farmers. The
