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References in scriptures and cave paintings show that honey has been popular in India since ancient times

Even as the Maharashtra government faces flak for its inept handling of bubonic plague in Beed district, experts have denounced the state's earthquake reconstruction and rehabilitation programme

A recent study suggests thart a moderate consumption of alcohol is good for the heart

The German chemicals group BASF is using its plastics manufacturing technologies to improve mclicine-making process. The echnology replaces the tradi 3-stage manufacturing se e with a

There are many organisations in India that work towards mitigating the effects of natural disasters

Indian foresters have been given the short shrift in the award of consultancy contracts worth Rs 1,2(Xi crore for World Bank (WB)-aided forestry projects in the states of Uttar Pradesh,

Over the next few years, ozone loss is projected to go from to worse

An ambitious airport project threatens to decimate the rare dolphins that inhabit the waters to the west of Hong Kong

Lead-free petrol, which the ministry of environment :nd forests (MEF) is All: seeking to introduce in W, the 4 major metrop titan cities by April 1, 1995, is hazardous to health, says H B Mathur,

A new instrument makes the task of monitoring ozone levels easier