Astronaut Eileen Collins will become the first woman to command a Space Shuttle when Columbia launches on the STS-93 mission in December 1998. During the five day mission, the crew will deploy the
A solar powered traffic umbrella, stated to be the first of its kind in South India was inaugurated outside the DGP's office on Nrupathunga Road by DG and IGP T Srinivasulu.It will provide the
Police have unearthed a major racket in wild animals and birds by arresting an auto mechanic in the City. Hundreds of rare varities of birds and animals, whose numbers are fast declining, have been
The Clinton administration would make a new push for food safety legislation to halt the imports of fruits and vegetables from countries with inadequate safety standards, legislative sources said.
Led by the Bilaspur Nagar Sudhar Sabha and the All-Party Citizens Action Committee more than 12 teachers here strongly resented the polluted supply of drinking water to the town where break-out of a
Huge amounts of obsolete and unused pesticides continue to threaten human health and the environment in many developing countries, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned following the
China plans to double its gas production capacity to 30 billion cubic meters by 2005 as part of a major strategy to develop energy resources. China is expected to verify additional onshore gas
Great changes have been witnessed in water conservancy improvement over the past decade in Guangdong Province. The province spent 29.2 billion yuan in the past decade on water conservancy projects
As China's population continues to grow slowly, Chinese family size is shrinking rapidly. A survey conducted by the Beijing based China Mainland Marketing Research Co suggested that in early 1997,
China has reined in the once-serious phenomenon of import of harmful wastes, thanks to the efforts made by the country's various inspection organs. In 1997 these organs inspected a total of 5.66
