The Centre has released Rs 24 crores during the current financial year for desert development in Rajasthan.The scheme is meant to stop the desert from spreading further in the

The indigenously developed multi-barrel rocket launcher Pinaka has moved a step closer to induction in the Army following its successful test firing at the Chandipur-on-sea range in Orissa over the

When the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, anyone in a pub taking a drag off a cigarette will be breaking the law in California - the first state to ban smoking in

The El Nino weather phenomenon could be causing an unseasonal outbreak of the mosquito-borne dengue fever in Thailand. Cases of dengue fever, which are usually restricted to the rainy season,have

Polluting factories along China's most environmentally damaged river face closure with the arrival of meeting discharge standards. The Central government stipulated in 1994 that all polluters along

The Hong Kong government has drawn up contingency plans if the deadly bird flu, which has so far claimed four lives, becomes an epidemic. Paul So, the health department deputy director, told

A federal appeals court agreed to give Microsoft Corporation a quick hearing on its appeal of a preliminary injunction of its Internet browser with its computer operating system

Viagra, the "wonder drug" that cures erectile dysfunction or male impotencu, will be introduced in India in January, subject to the approval of the drug controller of

Fresh landslides near Malpa village in Pithoragarh district since Friday evening have caused extensive damage to the Dharchula-Tavaghat and the Tavaghat-Mangti roads, disrupting relief operation in

Gas on tap will be a reality for Delhiites with the Central Government finally approving the formation of a joint venture company christened Indraprastha Gas