Pharmaceuticals major Nicholas Piramal India Ltd (NPIL) announced at an analysts meet yesterday that it was preparing to launch a new anti-malaria molecule next year. The product is the result of

The Union ministry of food processing is working on a new policy that will address issues concerning wastage of food crops, postharvest processing facilities and infrastructure, including the setting

India has requested the setting up of a panel to look into dumping duties imposed on imports of cotton-type bed linen by the European Union. The request was made at a meeting of the dispute

The national agricultural policy, in the final stage of preparation, would focus on the optimal use of land, water and gentic resources in a suitable manner by making some major changes in farm

The Seattle ministerial conference, scheduled for end-November, is expected to set up a working group each on technology transfer and trade and debt, and undertake a work programme on trade and

Despite global concern over greenhouse gas emissions, the latest estimates have it that emissions by developed countries alone may rise by as much as 18 per cen tby 2010 over the 1990 level. This is

the Committee of secretaries (CoS) has cleared a proposal to set up a special purpose vehicle to mobilise additional resources for forest development in the country. The proposal is to ask industries

The farmers of the Uttar Pradesh's intensive sugarcane growing belt of Bhagpat are shifting to Basmati and wheat cultivation for better returns. The trend is set to gain momentum as the scientists of

Friends and foes of free trade are girding for a mighty clash over a new round of world trade talks that will be a measure of the growing influence of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) over

The use of flyash has been made mandatory in the manufacture of construction materials if the activity takes place within a 50-km belt of thermal power plant. A government notification, which comes