For a long time the wheat fields of northern India have been infected by Phalaris minor, commonly known as gulli-danda or mandoosi, wild oat and broad leaf weeds, which lowered wheat yields by 30 to

India joins its Western counterparts in reserving 10 per cent of total power generation for renewable

Bureaucratic hurdles leave a Sunderbans wildlife project lagging behind the

With the dismantling of the administered pricing mechanism (APM) from 1April the petroleum sector is waiting for the appointment of a regulatory board that will oversee its functioning. On 18 April

Data on the incidence of occupational diseases in India is scarce, but according to one estimate based on the Global Burden of Occupational Disease model developed by the World Health Organisation

A world-bank-funded project in Andhra Pradesh pioneers livelihood-enabling interventions for the rural poor. Fifteen thousand barefoot professionals have to be trained - barefoot veterinarians,

India, the world's largest grower of cotton, has opened its doors to genetically modified (GM) varieties, side-stepping the four-year rearguard battle by academics and farmers' groups who fear this

Union Minister of petroleum and natural gas Ram Naik has hailed the excise duty concession on ethanol to be used for doping in petrol. This announcement was made by the finance minister Yashwant

The Internet in its second phase seems to be changing its character. More and more sites are coming up espousing 'causes', be they social or corporate. "As the living symbol of India, the river Ganga

Bitter feelings are rife in Rajasthan's power sector. The State government's drive to privatise power generation has faced a setback with the decision by the power developers to opt out. The State's