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In a bid to sharpen the focus of its rural energy component, the Ministry of Nonconventional Energy Sources (MNES) has initiated a 4-month study from January 1995 to assess the impact of the

Tiding over tremendous initial resistance from the industry as well as from ministry fifth-columnists, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) has submitted a fresh proposal with the Union

West Delhi hutment residents use methane emanating from an abandoned garbage dump for fuel

Japan's most ferocious earthquake in 50 years flattened the latest perceptions and innovations of safety

...and latest findings have 2 groups of mutually hostile astronomers still going cockeyed trying to gauge the age of the universe

The blowout at its rig in Andhra Pradesh has put the Oil and Natural Gas Commission in a technological fix, apart from raising the question of whether safety measures at the other exploration sites are adequate

A rice hybrid developed in India can help reap an extra Rs 2,500 per ha

The Supreme Court has washed aside an ambiguous Review Committee Report and ordered fresh investigations

THE COMMITTEE SUGGESTS: • Fresh calculation of the quantum of flow to avoid revision of plan priorities • Efforts to achieve a 60 per cent irrigation efficiency •

A controversial CITES decision allowing South Africa to sell live rhinos may be based on fudged figures