Prabhu : The Ganga Action Plan will not be scrapped. Instead, it will be suitably modified to make it result oriented, according to minister for environment and forests Suresh Prabhu.Prabhu was

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has met with unexpected exploration success in the matured basin of

Ranbaxy and Lupin are among a growing list od domestic drug companies which have filed a record number of process patents during 1997-98 indicating accelerated indigenous research, anticipating a

A status report on industrial and allied projects seeking clearance from the Union ministry of environment and forests shows that since November 1997, 72 projects have been approved, 11 rejected and

A two-day national seminar on industrial gases will be held in Bangalore from January 29 to discuss systematic realignment of the units following the conclusion of the first phase of liberalisation.

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed a method of controlling pests of cotton crop to reduce dependence on expensive pesticides that drove a number of farmers into a debt

The board of directors of Indian Oil Corporation(IOC) has approved doubling of capacity at the Panipat refinery from six million tonne to 12 million tonner per annum. The company board, which met

The government is planning to set up "virtual" patents offices and a hub for the World Intellectual Property Organisation(WIPO) Net in the

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects to reduce emission of green house gases could bring in investments worth $39.15 billion (Rs 1,673 billion) to India, according to a report jointly prepared

A patent application for the controversial terminator gene, filed by the US governemnt, is pending with the patent office in Madras since 1995.The application was filed by the US department of