A downturn in rice production has caused a scare in Indonesia. As the country celebFates the 50th anniversary of its independence, a prolonged drought and a marauding pest called the 'brown
Recently 2 major commercial agreements with leading US companies have boosted the morale of Indian space programme to great heights. The first is with "Intelsat", the 135-nation Washington-based
Taking inspiration from Darwin's theory of evolution, scientists from the Sussex University, UK, have developed a technique for evolving designs for neural network controlled robots with greater
A collapsed sewerage system and an acute water crisis are causing misery to the residents of Kharkov, Ukraine's 2nd largest city. Up to 200,000 cubic metres of untreated sewage has been
The I st phase of a women's small loan project concluded in Deukhuri, Kathmandu recently. Implemented by a group of local NGOs and supervised by the ministry of local development with the Asian
In the wake of the frightening revelation that infected blood was supplied to 10 city hospitals in Bombay between February 1992 and July 1994, by the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), Bombay -a
British scientists have developed an artificial hand that is as deft at handling objects as a real one. Homer Rahnejat and Russel Speight of the Bradford University in northern England, in
