Doctors warned on Thursday of a steady rise worldwide of a rare sea-borne, flesh-eating disease that can kill up to half of its victims. Although there has been no sign of an outbreak, doctors have

The United Nations Development Programme committed grant assistance worth $14 million for the development of the leather, fibre and handicraft sectors in the country. The assistance will support

A major power project in Mizoram has been shelved due to the economic sanctions imposed on India by Japan following the Pokhran nuclear tests. The 210 MW Muivai project, which was to be financed by

The fire in the Indian Oil Corporation's oil depot at Thekeraguri in Nagaon district of Assam continued for the third day on Thursday.

All major ports in the country may soon be issued guidelines for environmental safeguards in a bid to control marine pollution, a senior Central Pollution Control Board official has

The Centre is taking up a nationwide project for waste management near airports for avoiding bird hits, which has been identified as a major threat to aircraft. The Urban Development Ministry has

The World Bank has sanctioned Rs 13 crore for the development of mother and child care facilities in

Viagra, the prescription drug to treat male impotence, may cause temporary vision loss among men with cardiovascualr disease, the US Food and Drug Adminstration

Church attendance, prayer, and Bible reading may save lives as well souls, a new medical study asserts. Religiously active elderly people have lower blood pressure than their less religiously active

Jaipur based skin specialists claim to have developed a new method for treating a painful viral disease affecting nerves. Post-therapeutic neuralgia is caused by the reactivation of a dormant virus,