Biotechnologists at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) have patented an improved process to give dull fruit juices a brighter, transparent look. The new technique transforms transluscent

'Ahimsa', an organisation committed to abolition of animal experiments, has urged people all over the country to observe a one-minute silence as a mark of protest against torture of animals in

It was a novel programme of creating awareness on AIDS. The medium was magic and the performer was none other than Prof. R.K. Malayath, the leading exponent of this art in Kerala.The AATMA-98, (AIDS

The Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU) here is trying to develop resistant varieties of indigenous cotton which is hardy as compared to the American ones. This would help

With a view to providing protection to cows and stop cow slaughter and smuggling of the animal, the Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to implement effectively and strictly the Cow Slaughter

Dr. Vandana Shiva, Director, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, New Delhi, writes:" The National Action Committee Against Coastal Industrial Aquaculture (NACACIA) condemns the

The Union Minister for Science and Technology and Human Resource Development, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, today indicated that the Government may raise a dispute in the World Trade Organisation on the

The 99th Inter parliamentary Union conference (IPU), which concluded recently at Windhoek in Namibia, South Africa, expressed great concern over the spread of HIV/AIDS infection in the world, and its

A comprehensive health care programme for school-going children, School Health Annual Report Programme (SHARP), is being launched in the Capital in July, covering private and public institutions.The

The national leprosy elimination campaign has been intensified, with the launch today of an intensive survey in eight States and three Union Territories to search out hidden cases of the deaded