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The Clinton administration has raised objections to a crucial provision - "unilateral sanctions" - a proposed child labour elimination Bill which targets countries like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

A severe drought blamed on El Nino weather pattern has prompted the authorities to lower the level of the Panama Canal and require that some ships carry lighter loads. The U.S. Canal Commission

An asteroid described as "the most dangerous one we've found so far" may be on course for a 2028 AD collision with earth and certainly will pass closer than any such object in modern times,

The commercialisation of agriculture and the Punjab Government's encouragement to farmers towards diversification from the usual wheat-rice cycle to sugarcane has resulted in development of unique

The Minister of State for Bangalore Development, Mr. Anant Nag, told the Legislative Council today that Cauvery water would be supplied to areas on Chord Road, in Basaveswaranagar, Rajajinagar and

To meet the increasing demands of power in the country and tap the estimated 10,000 MW of untapped hydel power, the Union Ministry for Power has chalked out a new hydel power project to be executed

The Vizhinjam research centre of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has developed a new farming procedure for multi-crop system to cultivate pearls, mussels, finfishes,

The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) has drawn up a project for the Ninth Plan to bridge the critical gaps between technology generations and assessment and enhancement of

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Orissa government to submit a detailed report on the land acquisition for the two proposed mega alumina projects at Kashipur area in Rayagada

Scientists at the Centre for Genetic Diorders, Guru Nanak University, have succeeded in localising a new gene on chromosome 22, which causes cerulean cataract with sutural opacities. The Centre had