The agriculture ministry proposes to revampo the funding pattern of Centrally-aided development schemes to mitigate the problem of misutilisation and underutilisation of funds. Nearly 40 per cent of

The third economic cooperation conference of Saarc commerce ministers will began here on February 2 to find ways for full implementation of South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement (Sapta) and pave

The litigation involving polluting mills in the capital has turned into a bitter struggle for real estate between some textile mills, the governemnt and the workers. The Supreme Court had ordered the

The government is setting up state-of-the-art transgenic containment facilities at various agricultural universities and other reputed research establishments. This is to strengthen the existing

ICAR :ICAR director-general R S Paroda has stated that the controversial terminator gene was only a concept and not a product as yet. However, India has already barred its entry into the country as

The Supreme Court should not stop the CBI investigation into the alleged corruption behind the Cogentrix MoU as ordered by Karnataka High Court, it was pleaded before the apex court yesterday.

The United States and three Lain American countries have signalled they will resist the speedy creation of a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel on their banana row with the European Union,

The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the closure of 150 handloom units in the Tirupur and Karur belts of Tamil Nadu for failing to set up effluent treatment plants. While many other units are setting

The National Malaria Research centre (NMRC) has observed that drug-resistant malaria was more prevalent in industrial centres than in rural areas thus indicating a link between the comeback of the

The Union ministry for environment and forests has decided to set up a steering committee to remove discrepancies in the Bio-medical Waste (Management and Handling) rules, 1998.The notification in