The United States' involvement in the Mir space partnership with Russia was an "exceptionally bad" example of international scientific experiment as it had adverse consequences for American tax

Dr Gerhard Fischer, a German social scientist, who dedicated his life in rehabilitating lepers and polio patients, was on Monday awarded the prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize for 1997 by President K.R.

The death toll from E1 Nino has risen to 25 in Peru, where heavy rains are spawning mudslides and causing rivers to leave their banks, officials said on

With a view to improving the environment around the Taj Mahal in Agra, the Indian Environmental Society and the Agra Municipal Corporation have jointly launched a project for solid waste management

A sharp rise in the incidence of brain tumours may be linked to the increasing use of mobile telephones, a report in the Medical Journal of Australia

Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in understanding suspended animation, reports the Sunday Times.A successful revival of baboons hours after they had been frozen in crates of ice has opened up

At least 10,000 patients suffering from various ailments, including ENT diseases and polio, will benefit from a month-long medical camp to be organised by the Lifeline Express at Gorakhpur railway

Bitter cold sweeping Bangladesh has claimed six lives in the past two days pushing the nationwide toll to 44, reports said on

China envisages spending $27.7 billion over the next three decades to improve the environment across the country, including the valleys of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, the China Daily said on

The crew of the Mir space station replaced a faulty computer block early on Saturday and began the slow work of restarting the orbiter's orientation system. The main computer failed on Friday,