Herbal fuel inventor Ramar Pillai has formally released samples of his "altenative fuel" and said he would commence commercial production at a small-scale plant in Chennai from October
The 12-member team of the World Commission on Dams (WCD) , which was to visit Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat to examine the controversial narmada project later this month, has cancelled its proposed
As a fallout of the dip in diplomatic relations, Pakistan has decided not to join forces with India in fighting the basmati patent granted to US company RiceTec Inc, and instead is challenging it
By exploiting a compound isloated from a Chinese herb, researchers in Lucknow have developed an anti-malaria drug to cure cerebral malaria. Scientists at the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI)
The American bollworm , which had devastated cotton crop in a large part of the cotton belt in this part of the country last year, has resurfaced in the cotton belt this year. Officials of the
A South Korean company has spent more than 2 pounds billion developing a washing machine which does not need detergents to clean clothes. Kyungwon Enterprise Co, a venture company, has developed
Of the 80,000 to 100,000 species of trees once on the planet, nearly 100 have become extinct and more than 8,600 are headed that way, say the first status report on the world's trees. The report
More than 50,000 sea turtles have been found dead on the Orissa coast in the past two years. This was revealed by a video survey conducted by Project Swarajya, a non-governmental organisation, during
An interim report on the supply of substandard wood at cremation grounds will be submitted on Thursday by the MCD Vigilance Department. All documents of five cremation grounds were sealed by the
