Mosquito species that carry malaria can now be swiftly identified with a DNA test kit developed by Australian researchers, that will aid eradication of disease-carrying mosquitoes quickly and

American volunteers began rolling up their sleeves and receiving injections yesterday in the first-ever large-scale human test of an AIDS vaccine. The three-year trial of Vaxgen Inc.'s AIDS-VAX is

Five huge barges are resting right on the port jetty, pushed up by the high tidal waves accompanying the cyclonic wind. The coal conveyor belt is shattered and the large godowns are lying in a

Enthused by the "fair success" of Advantage Maharashtra, a road-show organied to woo global investment in the infrastructure sector over two years ago, the State Government is now setting up "Agro

India is one of the 39 countries that has been listed as facing human emergencies in the latest annual World Disasters report of the Intenational Federation of Red Cross and red Crescent

The Haryana Government has received 18 proposals, involving an investment of Rs. 200 crores, for setting up projects to generate power from non-conventional sources of energy like biomass

The first phase of the Rs. 5,900-crore Metro rail project at Delhi will be completed by June 2005m said Mr.l E. Sreedharan, former chairman of the Konkan Railway Corporation, who is now the MD of the

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is pursuing its case for obtaining more funds from the Planning Commission for its afforestation programme and also plans to create a Joint Forest

Virtual shutdown of North Korea's food distribution system is forcing many of its people, especially women and children, to survive on bark and wild plants until the summer harvest, aid officials

Taking cognizance of the fact that more than 250 million children between five and 14 years have to work wither full time or part time in the developing countries alone, the new draft convention on