Solar power fencing - a relatively new concept which is fast catching up with the farmers and government agencies in South India in controlling pachyderms, primates, large felines and various other

Scientists have developed a new kind of breath-analyser that can detect traces of gases which signal health disorders like diabetes, kidney failure, ulcers and possibly cancer. Relying on the theory

The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, today announced an ad hoc Central assistance of Rs. 200 crores to Andhra Pradesh and Rs. 50 crores people affected by heavy rain and floods in the two

From the status of a widely distribued wild species in nothern and Central India, black-bucks have now been confined to the areas inhabited by memebers of the animal loving Bishnoi community in

A two-day conference on Ayurveda will be held in New York on October 31 and November 1, under the auspices of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. The theme for the conference is "Ayurveda for the 21st

Russia has unveiled an upgraded version of its world-famous GRAD multiple rocket launchers, capable of hitting targets at twice as long distances with enhanced precision and destructive power. The

WTO body upholds India's contention: The apellate body of the World Trade Organisation has upheld India's contention that the U.S. measure against import of certain shrimp and shrimp products

As per the United Nations projections, India's present population of 975 million people will reach over a billion in 2001. India's population will surpass China's by 2040. There is little chance of

The Kutch-Saurashtra region in Gujarat has been spared of yet another cyclonic hit in the current monsoon with the second build-up over the Arabian Sea weakening into a deep depression and moving in

Paddy crops in 166 villages under 55 Grama Panchayats in Orissa's Kalahandi district have been severely hit by the prevailing drought condition, according to the district collector, Mr. Satyabrata