The British Government permitted a further six casks of radioactive waste to arrive at Barrow-in-Furness. The waste is destined for the controversial Thorp reprocessing plant at Sellafield and this
India has been selected as the chaircountry of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) for 1998-99. The 165-members elected United Kingdom and Venezuela as the joint vice-chairman
The cost of rural electricity is always over-estimated and state electricity boards pass off large-scale systems losses and power thefts as agricultural losses. The value added by 1 kwh of
The Gujarat government has decided to drop its ambitious small capacity and barge mounted power projects, and approached the central government to reallocate naphtha to four public sector companies
In a major breakthrough in disease management, the tea research institute of the Upasi has developed a computerised model to forecast 'blister blight' infection in tea leaves. The model can predict
The Himachal Pradesh goverment has done well to extend the ban on the use of polythene bags to all its towns and hill stations, although it is doubtful if the order would be able to ride the Hill
In an alarming disclosure, Godhra district collector A K Rakesh said around 60,000 litres of groundnut oil adulterated with Argemone mexicana had made it to the market in the Vadodara (Gujarat)
The WHO Director General, Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, today called on the Finance Minister, Mr. Yashwant Sinha, and made out a cause for placing health at the core of the development agenda. The WHO
The House committee in Thailand has some doubts about the reported malfunction of all six desulphurisation systems installed at the Mae Moh lignite-fired power plant, and plans to raise the issue in
The provincial governor in Thailand has given the city administration three days to find a new site to dispose of hundreds of tonnes of garbage, or face "drastic" action. Pravit Sihasopon yesterday
