News

THE World Bank has commended the Chinese government's resettlement record - at "well over 30 million", the world's largest - as a "model" for most types of resettlements. A leaked report, in which

SCIENTISTS at the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have developed a rice plant that can yield 25 per cent more than existing varieties. The new variety, evolved by

The good old barter system is back. To meet the demand for duck meat, India will soon import Vietnamese ducks in exchange for Indian buffaloes. According to the animal husbandry department

SMUGGLERS haunting the US-Canada border have scuttled the Canadian government's policy of levying high taxes on tobacco products. Responding to the protests of the Canadian Tobacco

School kids in rural Tamil Nadu have, computer education rolling their way. A computer-on-wheels programme,. devised by Anna University in Madras, is teaching three computer languages - Basic, D

PANDA Electronics Co, China's leading television manufacturer, has had enough of selling no-frills sets. It is gearing up for a into the satellite dish and telephone businesses. Panda believes that

The finance minister has placed his bets on growth through rapid technological development, but critics say he should proceed with caution

India and Brazil strongly protested the North's attempts to link environment with trade

The cancellation of a US firm's rights on a method to genetically engineer cotton has brought weaknesses in India's patent system into focus

Another tug-of-war has begun over the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam with Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh requesting the Gujarat government to lower it and Union water resources