Most of the population of China - one-fifth of all people living today - owes its genetic origins to Africa, an international scientific team has reported in research that undercuts any claim that
The cabinet in Thailand approved the long-awaited Thai Medical Intellectual Protection and Promotion Bill, aimed at protecting traditional healers and existing knowledge of Thai herbs and
Some 26 percent of fish living in Wangsokchon, one of the major drinking water sources for metropolitan residents, were found to be severely deformed due to pollution, a recent survey has showed.
Uttar Pradesh Govenment has chalked out an ambitious Rs 800 crore plan to reclaim wasteland in 27 districts identified in the State. Funded by the Centre and the State Govenemnt, the project would be
Goa has identified at least nine major and several other small chemcial industries, which would be now be compelled to disburse monetary relief to victims of the hazardous substances the industries
The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Rohini sounding rocket, carrying five scientific payloads developed by German and European space agencies to study the upper atmosphere, has been
Fire fighters have put out the last flames of raging bush fires that destroyed a large area of a national park in Brasilia, killing wildlife and smothering the Brazilian capital with smoke.
The utilisation of fly ash generated from thermal power plants is on its way to final notification, but the inadequacy of information imparted by the authorities may defeat its very purpose-promoting
Tenaga National Bhd., Malaysia's biggest power utility, said the country's economic crisis would force it to defer 60 transmission and distribution projects, including the disputed Bakun dam