The World Bank will provide assistance for a coastal development management programme to be undertaken by the environment ministry. The programme will focus on preserving the ecology along the

Vietnam, one of Asia's least-forested countries, if not the least-forested, is racing against time to stop the decline of its forests and restore its tree cover. And the task is not easy. The country

Doctors in the US are pioneering a revolutionary surgical procedure to eliminate brain cancers which in the past have either been imoperable or which surgery has failed to eradicate. Led by Harry

Indian Oil Corporation(IOC) is seeking mega power project status for all residue-based power plants. This assumes significance as Hindustan Petroleum Corpn and the Reliance group are also setting up

The government is reviewing a trade proposal to allow lead scrap imports, which it fears may harm the environment, officials said on Wednesday. Last month the environment ministry said the proposal

The department of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy plns to prepare a demand-supply model to work out the present and future demand for medicinal

Plant breeders of the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute(IRRI) have achieved a breakthrough in piercing through the yield barrier of the commercially important basmati rice. They

India and 11 other developing countries have submitted a joint proposal to the World Trade Organisation(WTO) for consideration at the Seattle ministerial confreent . The countries are Cuba,

The post-monsoon October rain has damaged the harvested soybean crop in Madhya pradesh, which produces over 75 per cent of the country's soybeans. As a result, the country's soyabean output in

The government has laid down the maximum limit for Doxynivalenol (DON) in wheat imported into the country. This specification for DON comes into effect immediately. DON is a mycotoxin found in food