London may order a mass screening for the human equivalent of "mad cow" disease after the chance discovery of the disease in a patient who had his appendix removed, it was reported on
By implanting two novel genes taken from cabbage and cauliflower, plant biologists in Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi have developed a new protein-rich transgenic
A Nagpur-based scientist came up with a new technology and cotton can now be grown in an eco-friendly way without using chemicals and insecticides. The new technology, which utilises farm-recycled
The flood situation in the worst-hit Malda district continued to be grim on Tuesday with the Ganga mainintaining its rising trend, submerging fresh areas, including crop land and national highways,
Growing pressure on habitat and dwindling prey-base in Orissa are threatening the existence of royal Bengal tigers. "The number of tigers in the state has fallen to 194 this year from 226 in 1993,
Eastern districts of Uttar Pradesh were completely cut off from the rest of Uttar Pradesh when all road and rail links snapped due to beach in over 15 river embarkments, leading to flooding of an
Perennial floods, tiger predation and human intervention in Kaziranga national park in Assam have taken their toll on the rare speciess of swamp deer, whose population in the recent years has
The union ministry of environment and forests fears that the intensity of floods in Assam, which adversely affected the Kaziranga National Park, has been aggravated by the land use practices in the
A daily meal of fish can cut the risk of heart attack by 30 per cent, according to new research. Professor Lawrie Beilin, scientific director of the Heart Research Institute of Western Australia,
