The West Bengal government has drawn an ambitious scheme to solve the potable water crisis in Darjeeling and provide permanent relief to residents and tourists. State minister for housing, and public
The Mizoram Government has banned smoking and consumption of tobacco products in government offices and public places, including educational institutions, buses, hospitals, and state public sector
Union Minister of State for Urban Development Dattatrya Bandaru announced Rs 105 crore for the water supply scheme to the Madhya Pradesh cities of Bhopal, Indore and Guna.
Eight million people in the US got food poisoning last year, according to the country's newest tracking system for food-borne illnesses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the
The Rs 28-lakh municipal solid waste disposal-cum- microbial compost plant, acclaimed as a model one by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal during its inauguration at Salogra, on June
The government has initiated the process for revising the national health policy to control the new situation arising out of emerging and re-emerging diseases. The government is also planning a big
The Maharashtra government's decision to release anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare barely two weeks after he was imprisoned on charges of defamation has again focussed attention on the scourage of
Astronomers aided by a precocious amateur have discovered two more planets orbiting sun like stars, including one with the most Earth like orbit of any of the new worlds detected so far. The
FAO : Global fish production was virtually unchanged in 1997, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said. Production reached 122 million tonnes in 1997 from a revised estimate of 121 m.t. in
