Monsanto Co. said on Friday it had agreed to sell its cotton seed business, a move that may clear the way for the life sciences giant to complete its long-pending acquisition of leading US ctoon seed

The Union environment ministry is working on a new set of regulatory norms to prohibit setting up industries and residential colonies near river banks. According to sources, environment minister

The Union agriculture ministry in association with rice exporters will set up a sate-of-the-art testing laboratory for basmati rice in the capital. This has been necessitated to maintain the

The environment ministry is firm on its proposal to ban excavation of top soil within a radius of 50km from the location of thermal power plants. The ministry is also firm on the proposal that the

The Tamil Nadu government has refused to sign the tripartite agreement for the Cuddalore mega power project in the state. R K Madan, chairman of the Power Trading Corporation (PTC), said the

The government proposes to identify particular stretches of the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal and accord them priority in the second phase of the clean up operations. This is one of

The prawn merchants in Orissa have received a shot in the arm with the state government failing to keep its promise to bring a bill banning prawn culture inside Chilka lake during the budget session

The waste management division of Thermax has entered into a technical tie-up with Ozone Processes Inc of the US for providing electronic precipitators as solutions for industries to meet the

The US based power company Enron has held back plans to set up a consortium comprising Indian and foreign companies and financing agencies, till the financial closure of the Dabhol (II) power

A new computer virus has been identified that infects Microsoft Word documents and threatens to wipe out computer hard drives on December 13.However, expert agreed on Thursday the threat has been

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