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
Light from a misshapen galaxy on the other side of the universe indicates that it is the most distant object ever seen from Earth, astronomers said. Using the world's largest telescopes, at the Keck
The organisation asked to compute the share of each factory owner in the 15 industrial areas in New Delhi for the construction of combined effluent treatment plants now says it has no objection if
PUCL report : The Madhya Pradesh police are blatantly fabricating evidence to settle scores with social activists in the state, according to a report that the People's Union for Civil Liberty (PUCL)
The formulation and implementation of AIDS control programmes in West Bengal from the ensuing financial year will be conducted by a new, registered and autonomous body in a bid to expedite efforts
The Union Ministry of Surface Transport is contemplating to make it mandatory for private vehicles including two wheelers to possess fitness certificates after every few years. Fitness certificates
An earth station, which will facilitate a fast communication channel through satellite will be set up in Jaipur soon. Being developed at a cost of Rs. 4.5 crores, the earth station will be
In a bid to improve production, productivity and quality of coffee, the Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI), Balehonnur, has proposed taking up a mega project on "Biotechnology for productivity
The Indonesia forest fires are back. And the consequences could be worse than last year. Singapore has had a foretaste. As the new blazes spread their way through East Kalimantan and Sumatra air
