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A British firm has developed a needle-less disposable syringe that administers drugs painlessly (New Scientist, Vol 143, No 1944). The new jabber is a pen-shaped device with a button on top. When

A British chemical company, Thor Holdings, has been hauled up to the London High Court by 2 workers in South Africa suffering from severe mercury poisoning, and by the family of a man who died from

THE Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (ireda), the financing arm of the Union ministry of nonconventional energy sources, is finalising a US$ 100 million assistance package from the

International commerce could well be dictated by robots, starting early this month, says a report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the International Federation of Robotics.

A Supreme Court order has put the fate of the ambitious Ganga Action Plan in doubt

Developing nations insist that industrialised countries are reneging on their part of the deal in cleaning up the atmosphere

The Black Death is an established phenomenon the world over, so there is no point pillorying India alone

After years of pranged possibilities and piggyback rides, India has attained independent satellite launch capability

As the malaria parasite and its mosquito carrier become increasingly immune to pesticides and drugs, a recourse to vaccines seems to be the only option

Many important issues were hardly touched upon at the recently concluded conference on bioresources