The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the supplement to an agreement between India and Russia to set up two units at Kundankulam Nuclear Power Station in Tamil Nadu and transfer of the funds
The Environment Support Group (ESG) has criticised the alleged land encroachment by the Kudremukh Iro Ore Company (KIOCL) into the Kudremukh National Park and has demanded that a CBI inquiry should
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has set up a working group to look into the issues related to the use of genetically engineered foods and other products, the WHO Director-General, Dr. Gro Harlem
A research initiative to understand the normal process of ageing-as opposed to diseases such as Alzheimer's -was launched at the British Association meeting being held in Cardiff. The government's
Researchers have tested successfully the first DNA-based vaccine against rabies, a virus that has been well known for thousands of years and still kills 40,000 people around the world each year. A
Premier Care, a CFC (chlorofluorocarbon) free refrigerant of the Secunderabad-based Rockwell Industries Ltd (RIL) was formally launched in Hyderabad on Tuesday by the State Chief Minister Mr. N.
The area under kuruvai in the Cauvery delta districts may exceed the target this year. Enthused by the availability of water, even at the tail-ends within a short span of time after the Mettur dam
The recent cyclone has finally made the Gujarat government come out of its hibernation. Recognising that the lack of mangroves and other types of vegetation along the coastal regions of Kutch and
Calcutta is not the best place to live in, at least during winter when the city reels under heavy pollution. Air pollution in Calcutta becomes maximum during winter causing acute respiratory problems
Repeated exposures to ultrasound waves, being increasingly used in biology and diagnostic medicine today, might induce cancer, says a study. A joint study, conducted by Dr SN Chatterjee of the Saha
