A series of mudslides killed at least 10 people and destroyed scores of houses in Bangladesh as monsoon torrents swelled major rivers once more and flooded large parts of Dhaka and Chittagong.
Coinciding with the golden jubilee year of independence, the Orissa government has launched a project to restore about 400 ancient monuments presently lying in ruins in different parts of the
Defence scientists have entered into an agreement with a Bangalore-based comapny for the commerical production of a neem-based contraceptive. The herbal contraceptive developed by the sceintists at
Chinese grasscarp fish will be used to cleanse the holy waters of the Brahmasarover and Sannehit tanks at Kurukshetra and eliminate weeds and algae. More than five lakh pilgrims are expected to take
The United Nations Development Programme committed grant assistance worth $14 million for the development of the leather, fibre and handicraft sectors in the country. The assistance will support
Government scientists in Auckland, New Zealand have revealed the successful cloning of a calf from the last surviving female member of an ancient herd of short-horn cattle. It says the breakthrough
A levee protecting China's largest oil field gave way, prompting thousands of people to evacuate as floods spread to the country's northeast. More than 200,000 people are fighting flooding in Daqing,
Technical committees to be set up : Kerala and Tamil Nadu have decided to undertake a technical evaluation of the safety of the century old Mullaperiyar dam. At a ministerial level meeting held in
The department of telecommunications (DoT) has extended the license period for Internet service providers (ISPs) from 10 to 15 years as per recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of
The Japanese automakers are going green with a venegance. And there are several reasons. In the next century, as millions of new car owners in China, India and elsewhere take to the road, the
