Experts have expressed concern over the drastic increase in the number of HIV positive cases in Rajasthan during the past three years. Till the end of the previous year, the State had 340 cases

The Environment Pollution Authority for the National Capital Region- a body set up earlier this year to monitor the implementation of the "White paper on Pollution in Delhi with an Action Plan" - has

The West Bengal Government has decided to create an exclusive corporation for rural electrification outside the purview of the State Power Department and the State Electricity

The latest in sugar technology will be the focus of an international Congress to be held here in February, 1999. The International Society for Sugarcane Technologists (ISSCT) will host its XXII

The World Bank on Wednesday announced a $ 39 million credit for a forestry project in Kerala aimed at increasing forest products and preserving biodiversity in the State. A PTI report from Washington

The design of the 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) proposed during the ninth plan at Kalpakkam has been fully optimised and the site work will start in 1999-2000. The prototype sodium

The BJP-led Government proposes to bring in an agriculture policy which would reflect a new price, credit and marketing regime and ensure optimum and sustainable use of the country's land, water and

The WHO has warned against any sense of complacency with regard to the threat to public health posed by TB. In a report, the WHO has pointed out that one-third of the world's population is infected

It was ten years back Thane district was reeling under extreme fear and Health Department officials were running helter skelter following a large number of cases of Guinea worms in the district.

An action plan to conserve and protect the Eastern Ghats is under the Governments's consideration the Forests Minister, Mr.Pongalur N. Palanisamy, said on Saturday. Participating in the "World