PARIS, the pride of the immaculate and stylish French people, is growing dirty: it has joined the ranks of the world's polluted cities. For some time now, the pollution monitoring equipment
AD artificial heart valves presently substituted for faulty ones, introduce a foreign substance into a patient's body and thus increase the chances of rejection by the body's immune system. Now,
AS THE world's leading producer and consumer of tobacco, China saw cigarette output and the number of smokers both increase by 3 per cent last year. China has 300 million smokers, which is more
The National Bureau of Soil Survey & Land Use Planning (nbss&lup), Nagpur, has finally completed its work on detailed soil resource mapping (srm) of all the Indian states. J L Sehgal, director,
TELEMARKETING MARVELS: Want to do a market survey before buying a new car? All you have to do is press a few buttons - on the remote control of your television. The UK-based Viewcall electronic
In the Ist week of July, Armenians cheered as their government reopened a controversial nuclear power station 20 miles west of the earthquake-prone capital Yerevan. Officials are optimistic
