The Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, Bombay in association with the Sankara Netralaya here, has developed the prototype of a radio-active "plaque" to be used for treating tumours of the eye.The small
Scientists at the University of Madras have prepared nanocrystals, crystals as tiny as one billionth of a metre, that are one of the frontier areas of worldwide research. A team headed by S Ramasamy
The Environment and Forests mininstry's ambitious scheme to extend free state of the art cleaner technologies to large and medium industries to aid them in producing eco-friendly products and
The Centre's decision to ban non-iodised salt while making mandatory the sale of iodised salt tantamounts to a violation of the fundamental rights, experts have said.
Forest officials blamed : Forest Department employees have held their own officials responsible for the death of beat guard Namdeo Potwar who was found dead last month, allegedly by illegal tree
The Uttar Pradesh government has distributed about 6,700 hectares of reclaimed land to over 16,000 poor and landless families for cultivation under a $112.2 million World Bank aided project. The
A Rs 12 crore 'seed health' research programme at the Bio-technology Department of the Mysore University is to shortly commence a Rs 1.2 crore DANIDA funded research programme to 'diagnose possible
By January next week, school children in India should be able to get a nutritious, tasty but affordable snacks such as 'chikies' or candies, according to Dr Manju Sharma. The nutritious packet has
In a bid to fill in the gap due to the absence of legal protection to India's biological resources and traditional knowledge systems, the Global Environment facility (GEF) has decided to fund a
The Federal Environmental Protection Agency released a revised schedule for its study of PCB contamination in the Hudson river, saying it would issue a final decision on a clean up strategy in June
