Bhutan will be one of the countries that will achieve the goal of "Health for All" by the year 2,000, or even before, said the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr
A landmark environmental protection protocol has been adopted banning mining in Antarctica for a minimum of 50 years and designating the entire continent and its dependent marine ecosystems as a
Soya beans are beibg touted as the new miracle food for women and may be for men, too, if recent research from Japan, the US and UK is to be believed Indian food scientists and technologists, who met
Hotels and clubs which host rousing parties to ushers in the New Year are this time toning down decibels. This follows police and the Pollution Control Board (PCB) firm stand that violations for the
The Supreme Court has once again upheld the Coastal Regulation Zone(CRZ) guidelines in order to protect the coastline of India - this time with respect to the tiny beach of Palolem in the
Severe drought condition prevails in Midnapore district and aman paddy plantation sown on 48 per cent of a total of 4,39,000 hectare area has been parched. There is no scope for raising seed bed
another water contamination scare : For the second time in a month, Sydney residents today awoke to warnings that tap water in the city that will host the 2000 Olympics is unfit to drink. In a city
By implanting two novel genes taken from cabbage and cauliflower, plant biologists in Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi have developed a new protein-rich transgenic
The government , announcing a policy on hydro electric development, proposed to impose a cess on consumption of power throughout the country. The cess will help in creating a fund for promotion of