The Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Development programme (UNDP) and the Union government have jointly launched a $19.5 million project for extraction and utilisation of methane
A breakthrough in the treatment of Malaria may be near as scientists at Johns Hopkins University are developing an anti-malarial treatment based on artemisinin, a derivative of a Chinese herbal
The Andhra Pradesh cabinet is understood to have discussed yesterday the pros and cons of revoking the Indebtedness Relief Act to check the spate of suicides by cotton farmers in the
Facing pressure from American aid officials and congressional threats to cut off assistance, the Peruvian government is abadoning a campaign that led to sterilizations of thousands of poor
A breakthrough in chip manufacturing at the University of Texas at Austin could boost semiconductor performance while saving the industry billions of dollars in retooling and research costs, industry
United Breweries(UB) has released a new variety of barley, Vijay M 130, that promises to significantly improve its bottomline. The first truly malting variety in India,it will translate into "a few
Political and military leaders from Cambodia and Vietnam are involved in large-scale illegal logging that threatens to destroy Cambodia's forests, a British environmental group said on Thursday.
India has been urged to make a stong statement in support of the rapid enforcement of a "no exception" ban on export of hazardous waste from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation of Developed
The Japanese government will extent approximately Rs 1.72 crore as grant assistance to eight grassroots projects run by non-government organisations in India. The assistance is being extended under
India's row with the US over a Texan company being given patent for basmati rice is being watched eagerly by the European Commission(EC) since it could have wider ramifications, a top EC official has
