The Madhya Pradesh Government has sought Central assistance of Rs 361.61 crore from the Central Government to meet the drought situation in various districts to carry out relief works and to make

The Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Udyog Sanghathan has expressed anguish at the on-going indefinite strike by 900 gas employees of the gas claim courts affecting the settlement of claims of about 1.5

Scientists in Japan have developed a technique to nurture human sperms in rats, raising, for the first time, the possiblity of rodents being used to produce normal babies from infertile men. The

Under the Jai Vigyan Mission, the Department of Bio-technology (DBT) will promote development and testing of vaccines against six communicable diseases that are major public health concerns today.

US president Bill Clinton, next week plans to announce an initiative to protect as many as 40 million acres of national forests from development. Environmentalists said, it could represent one of the

Alkaline substances have been found in the hilly areas of Pali, Marwahi and Pusaur blocks of the Bilaspur division. Here the farmers can still cultivate crops using lime. Till date, fallow land has

On an average, one tiger is killed for its bones and skin a day in India threatening the very survival of the big cat, a wildlife ecologist Peter Jackson said. India with its tiger population at

Hundreds of people inhabiting areas close to oilfields in Assam are being exposed to serious halth hazards with the country's two largest exploration companies discharging toxic effluents from

A Manipur based NGO is facing resistance from several quarters including the government for its "radical approach" in AIDS prevention. The NGO, Society for HIV/AIDS and Lifeline Operations in Mizoram

Sadprayas : Sadprayas, a voluntary organisation, has demanded stoppage the construction of structures in the green belt of the Upper Lake and removal of buildings already constructed so that the city

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