U.S. power plants burned 870 million tons of coal in 1996, leaving about 100 million tons of ash to be disposed of. Only about a quarter of that was recycled, according to the Electric Power Research
The sanitation and conservancy committee of the MCD plans to construct a compost plant for disposal of solid waste on 12 acre-area at the Bhalaswa sanitary land fill site. The approval of the
European scientists are working on a new project to make up for the failure of their unmanned mission to Mars 16 months ago. When the Russian probe Mars 96 failed to leave the earth's gravity and
The government on Tuesday ordered a Corps of Detectives probe into the alleged suicide by farmers of Bidar and Gulbarga districts who have fallen into debt traps following the loss of tur dal. The
Every year, doctors come across hundreds of cases wherein spurious gulal causes health problems involving the eyes, skin and respiratory system - toxicity and allergy being the most common of them.
Viral fever is staging a comeback in the Capital. Doctors at various hospitals say that there has been a renewed spurt in the cases of this infectious disease in the past few days. Around a month
Deadly cancers can now be detected before it is too late, thanks to new techniques that are not only faster and more effective but less painful. Just a few cells sucked out from the affected tissue
The Government has cleared a Rs 37.50-crore scheme to harness rain water in the city which is aimed at controlling perennial water shortages which have come to grip the Capital. Chief Minister Sahib
A high-level team of the Population Census Organization, Islamabad, paid surprise visits to Central, East and South districts and conducted random interviews of different families through the "Field
National committee on environmental standards at its meeting held here on Wednesday decided to immediately start a self monitoring and reporting system to check industrial pollution. A sub-committee
