Faced with energy shortage, the government is pressing ahead with 12 major hydel projects. The projects are all scheduled to be completed by 2002.The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC),
The long-running water cess controversy may snowball into a major conflagration with the Central Government on the one side and the Himachal, Punjab and Haryana regimes on the other. The latest move
With the rapid population growth and the ever-increasing number of vehicles on the roads, the Pink City of Jaipur is witnessing an alarming rise in the pollution levels. A recent study conducted by
The Ministry of Power has given the go-ahead to two hydro-electric power projects with an initial allocation of Rs 33.54 crores as budgetary support for the power plants. The projects given the
Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel has warned that the State Government might be forced to take the team from the World Commission on Dams (WCD) into custody if its visit creates law and order
The Rs 541-crore Cipla has introduced its indigenously developed anti-AIDS drug, lamivudine, in both the domestic and overseas market at less than half the prevailing global prices. Cipla's early
The Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment has issued new guidelines for submission projects under the Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM) seeking to speed up the provision of
While the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal still remains an abandoned child, Punjab has conceived the Dasmesh irrigation project. This is not entirely a new conception. It is a revised, renamed and
The department of bio-technology (DBT) has set up as many as 100 bio-safety committees in all institutions engaged in bio-technological research in the country, said Manju Sharma, secretary, DBT.
Brain cells from newly aborted human foetuses may soon become unnecessary in tranplant operations to treat illnesses such as Parkinson's disease and Huntington's chorea. The British Association
