Twenty five years after the last Apollo astronaut left the moon, a small unmanned spacecraft is ready to embark on a return trip, the first mission since then designed expressly for lunar
Deadly poison from the skin of a frog in Ecuador has provided researchers a clue to a powerful new painkiller that may have all the benefits of morphine with none of its damaging side-effects. The
The use of hydrogen as fuel instead of petrol or diesel can check the rising levels of vehicular pollution to an extent, according to an environmentalist. In his special paper presented in the
Two scientists now claim that a better under-standing of the Earth's baroque climate system requires a better understanding of the interaction between the shape of our evolving planet and the
Alarmed at the partial damage to pulses, mustard and wheat rabi crop in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, due to prolonged cloudy weather, rain and hail, the Union Agriculture
Report: Most bottled water brands in the market are of a poor quality and do not conform to testing standards, says "Insight", a consumer magazine whose inaugural isue was released on Thursday. The
Over 900 fishermen's families from Ghivali village will stage a rasta-roko and dharna outside the Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) in Tarapur, nearly 200 km from Mumbai on Monday. The fishermen
Members of the Congress and the Janata Dal in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi today criticised the arbitary decision of the Delhi Government to set up a separate board in place of the Delhi Water
The Samaj Parivartana Samudaya (SPS) and other leading voluntary organisations have urged the Madhya Pradesh government and the Lok Ayukta to take immediate action against several top officials and
