A genetics pioneer wants to try gene therapy on foetuses in hopes of curing them of deadly diseases before they're even born. But first he's asking scientists and ethicists to debate the experiment
The International Development Association will give Bangladesh a $32.4 million credit to combat arsenic contamination in underground water, a World Bank statement in Dhaka said on
Aviation history was made when a radio-controlled pilotless aircraft crossed the Atlantic Ocean guided by satellite and landed on a remote island off Scotland. Bill Vaglienti, an aeronautical
Oil giant Shell has reported a minor oil spill in Nigeria, less than a week after an earlier leak was announced.The spillage of around 100 barrels of crude oil led to work at the Shell Forcados
Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Gegong Apang has inaugurated a two-day northeastern region workshop to discuss the main policy recommendations of the United Nations Development Programme human
The Delhi Government will launch the fourth phase of the ongoing cataract free campaign from September 1. The campaign was launched by the health department in
Concerned about the decline in tiger population of the country, the ministry of environment and forests started a tiger control room in the capital. The control room is eqipped with Internet facility
Butter, which is found in almost every pantry in the world, has been branded as deadly as cigarettes and should carry a similar health warning, researchers in New Zealand said on Saturday. The
Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir are among the most malaria and other vector disease prone states of the country . Any outbreak of epidemic might claim large