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Two groups of Indian scientists have developed anti leprosy vaccines that they claim are also effective in helping victims recover.

Indonesia's decision to comply with the International Timber Trade Organisation's policy on tropical timber, has sparked fears of an adverse impact on trade.

Fed up with government inaction on mining and deforestation in the Aravallis, the people of the region are taking it upon themselves to end the degradation.

India's largest particle accelerator installed in Delhi is a boon for scientists studying the behaviour of particles at high speeds.

BANGLADESH'S Grameen Bank -- a cooperative banking system with easy loan repayment conditions -- has inspired US President Bill Clinton. When he was governor of Arkansas, Clinton launched the

A study reveals how subsidies are encouraging farmers to waste water and use land and fertilisers unsustainably.

Restructuring molecules for specific purposes be it symmetry of design or to develop medicinal drugs has come of age in India.

A ONCE-peaceful herd of about 150 elephants in southern Sri Lanka has turned violent, destroying property and killing humans in a last ditch attempt to save its habitat, writes Mallika Wanigasundara

The environment ministry is updating the Indian Forest Act, but getting all the states to agree to it may prove to be tricky.

The Institute of Plasma Research in Gujarat is working to make power generation from nuclear fusion a reality.