In tune with the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Lepra India will conduct research on the possibilities of TB bacteria becoming resistant to five major drugs which are used to

The chemical "allethrin" used in various mosquito repellents in the market such as mats, coils and vaporizers are hazardous to health warns Ved Prakash Sharma, a top malariologist with the Indian

Hyderabad, Vijayawada and 10 other towns in coastal area of Andhra Pradesh have been identified for supply of natural gas for domestic and commercial users through pipelines under a pilot project.

With the Andhra Pradesh government failing miserably to relocate polluting industrial units in Chandrayangutta to the outskirs of Hyderabad, more than 2.5 lakh residents have been suffering from

With as many as 16 cases of gastro-enteritis being reported last week in the city of Hyderabad, the civic authorities have swung into

Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company's officials will meet the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board early next week to discuss the notice issued by the latter on phase II of the

Anti pollution watchdogs in Assam are threatening to shut down the world's oldest operating oil refinery and a piece of local legend. The Assam Pollution Control Board has ordered the Digboi Refinery

In some of the most promising news to date in the search for a vaccine against HIV, an experimental vaccine has prevented AIDS in monkeys infected with a mix of the human and monkey versions of the

Scientists think they have identified the part of the brain, which if switched off, can stimulate artistic genius, a BBC documentary shows. The discovery was made after studying people with autism

Environmental activists have forced the temporary closure of a thermometer-making factory belonging to one of the best known companies in the country, accusing it of poisoning the environment with