The Second World Congress on Acupuncture, Acupressure, Magnetotherapy and Complimentary Healing System was held in New Delhi between January 16 and 18 under the chairmanship of Dr Raman

Kenya is reeling under the double onslaught of unseasonal downpours and epidemics that are exacting a mounting toll on human life, livestock and an economy based on tourism and agriculture. By late

The judiciary has done a "tremendous duty" in protecting environment but the average citizen must also maintain his concern for conservation, Minister for environment and forests Saifudin Soz said in

Thai peasants struggling with hard economic times are turning to huge South American rodent to save the family farm. But authorities fear that a get rich quick craze to breed the water loving

In an effort to protect the Olive Ridley sea turtles, an endangered species, the eastern regional headquarters of the coast guard has set up six special "environment camps" for the NCC cadets on the

A Russian and US cosmonauts stepped out from Mir orbital station for a four hour space walk during which they will make measurements crucial for the future international space station

An epidemic of Rift Valley fever in northeast Kenya is out of control, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

About 1.6 million children will be immunised against polio in Delhi in the second round of Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme on January

Medical researchers in Britain have found an unexpected risk in the implantation of more than one fertilized egg in the womb of a woman undergoing in vitro fertilisation. They have found a case in

US researchers say they may have found the "cellular fountain of youth" an enzyme that in laboratory experiments causes human cells to avoid the normal process of ageing and cell death. The finding

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