Computer-steered military planes, vessels and ground vehicles in Sweden might swere and crash on January 1, 2000 the Swedish defence department said on Tuesday. Military officials told the Stockholm

A US Air Force Titan 4A rocket exploded in flames less than a minute after blastoff from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday, the Air Force said. The Lockheed Martin Crop. built rocket, which blasted off was

The UNDP will provide grant assistance of US $4million to complement the government's ongoing activities in providing energy to rural

A spectrum of non-governmental organisations in the country joined the Centre for Science and Environment on Friday in issuing a statement expressing strong indignation over the arrest of Anna

Twenty-eight years after Project Tiger was launched, the striped feline no longer faces the threat of extinction, but in some areas the situation is alarming due to rampant poaching and steady loss

Tensions are rising in Venezuela's Amazon rain forests, where Indians and environmentalists are clashing with mining companies and government officials who want to exploit some of the richest gold

Scientists at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in New Delhi claim to have developed two synthetic peptide vaccines for combating a lethal variety of

A Japanese "medical artist" is pioneering a new field with colour-changing body parts, including new breasts for women stricken by cancer and replacement fingers for Yakuza

Calcutta is not the best place to live in, at least during winter when the city reels under heavy pollution. Air pollution in Calcutta becomes maximum during winter causing acute respiratory problems

Repeated exposures to ultrasound waves, being increasingly used in biology and diagnostic medicine today, might induce cancer, says a study. A joint study, conducted by Dr SN Chatterjee of the Saha

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