700 million years ago a shield of ice covered the earth from pole to pole making the world a giant snowball claim US scientists Paul Hoffman and Galen Halverson of Harvard University in Cambridge ,
Recently, the Tea Research Institute of the United Planters' Association of Southern India(Upasi) has developed a computerised model to forecast 'blister blight' infection in tea leaves, reports PTI
The Madras High Court has ordered status quo to the State Government's proposal to expand the area of the Mudumalai sanctuary in the Nilgiris district. By a G.O. dated July 23, the Segur and Singara
The Community Health and Development (CHAD) department of the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, was one of the 10 recipients of the award given by the South East Asia Regional Office of the
The Chhatisgarh region, which was reeling under a drought until last week, has been hit by flash floods following heavy rain over the weekend, while in north Bengal the flood situation had improved
The Delhi government's message that use of unleaded petrol means trouble -free fuel is misleading, warn environmentalists in the capital. They have warmed that the incorrect use of unleaded petrol
A beetle infestation in Chicago could spell trouble for one of Asia's last healthy economies. The US officials last week announced a ban on untreated wooden packing materila from China, saying the
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Central Public Works Department, Delhi Government, Civic Bodies and Central Pollution Control Board to devise an "aggressive" plan to deal with the problem of
Even as the 650-mw Bawana Phase I project remains mired in controversy, Phase II of the project is all set to take off. The Ballarpur Industries Limited, in collaboration with a US-based company,
The latest struck of huge natural gas reserves by an American oil company in Indonesia's Irian Jaya region will enable the country to become a leading producer of liquedied natural gas (LNG) in the
