Up to 70 per cent of the world's coral reefs are in danger of being destroyed in the next 20 to 40 years if destruction continues at the resent rate, according to a World Coral Reef Alliancean
The death of an AIDS patient sparks panic : The death of an AIDS patient, Kuber Pradhan, at Gop in Puri district about two weeks ago has led to fears the diease may have affected others in the
The U.S. Forest Service plan to log nearly 900 acres and build several miles of new roads in the upper part of the Sunlight Creek drainage not far from the eastern border of Yellowstone National Park
Flash floods, which are feared to have already claimed nearly 2,000 lives and rendered thousands homeless, have struck some more areas in Quetta region of the southwestern Pakistanian province of
The demand for drinking water in cities and the lack of new water sources have spurred water conservation and recycling measures over the last 30 years. Need, coupled with advances in water treatment
The Supreme Court has held that a forest corporation is not entitled to tax exemptions on the ground that it was a local authority. The court made this ruling in the case of UP Forest Corporation,
Oranges will make all the differences in the lives of nearly 500 farmers of Hoshiarpur in Punjab. Strange though it sounds, this is actually true as these farmers have been approached by Seagram, the
The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Phdcci) has said the new government should ensure a hike in public investment in agriculture sector with a special emphasis on developing irrigation and
In what is dubbed as the most promising development in computer graphics, a hi-tech software developed by the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) can now help in de-mystifying our genetic
The new government expected to be formed at the centre during the weeek-end, may have to decide on the vexed issue of protection of American intellectual property. The matter has gained a sense or
