The famine in central Afghanistan has grown worse, and tens of thousands of people will starve to death within weeks if food does not reach them, a US Congressman said on Tuesday. Mr Dana
The US-based basic research drug company - CytoMed has entered into a strategic alliance with the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad to work on new compounds targeted at
MOBIL Corp and Ford Motor Co have joined forces in the latest venture between an oil major and an auto company to search for a cleaner fuel to reduce pollution. However, both companies stressed that
The Allahabad High Court on Friday issued a show cause notices to a dozen industries of Gorakhpur and Sant Kabir Nagar districts in Uttar Pradesh, asking them to explain why they were discharging
The hot-mix plant in Rangpuri in south-west Delhi was sealed on Friday. Orders for its sealing had been issued by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee earlier this week.
The National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) has developed two new cattle breeds through cross-breeding that give a record milk yield of about 40 kg in a day. "The new high milk-producing strains,
US official: US acting assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs Melinda Kimble yesterday said the patenting of basmati by US firm RiceTec can be
India is needed to increase its energy production by more than 10 times to meet the demand of growing population and rapid industrialisation , stated Prof J B Chowdhury, Vice-Chancellor of CCSHA
The municipal corporation is planning to take up the rehabilitaiton of slum dwellers in a big way in the coming financial year. Presenting budget proposals for 1998-99 on Friday, commissioner V K
Some of Antarctica's female penguins practice prostitution in order to obtain stones for their nests, a scientists has discovered. University of Otago zoologist Lioyd Davis made the finding after
