La Nina, the opposite of El Nino has been cited as the root cause for this year's massive floods in China which has killed over 2,000 people so far. The La Nina phenomenon which brings colder than

Some security firms have successfully simulated trade using computers with clocks reset to the end of 1999 and the beginning of 2000, but final tests are needed next year, a Wall Street firm has

An electronic cannon designed at the Moscow electron and ion optics research institute was originally meant for military purposes, but now scientists have found peaceful uses for it. They have

A Women's Development Group, STEPS, based in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu, has been selected as the first recipient of the Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh Award for outstanding work on issues related to

Thanks to a grant from Japan under a scheme, called "Grant Assistance for Grassroots projects", St. Stephen's Hospital here will be able deliver health care services for women and children in the

If millitants took a heavy toll of the endangered Kashmir Stag - commonly known as Hangul - in the troubled times of the Valley, the securitymen, too, are being accused of having plundered wildlife

The Unicef has approved more than $300 millions for India under its country programme for a four-year period beginning next year. The programme will focus on health, education, nutrition,

As many as 34 persons were admitted in the various hospitals of the Capital, for treatment of dropsy, while 50 were admitted yesterday, and 42 discharged, taking the total to 1,991 ever since the

Significant gold deposits have been discovered in the Singhbhum region of Bihar by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), according to the Deputy Director General (operations), eastern region, Mr. R.

At least 26 people are feared to have died due to starvation and dysentery in the last 21 days in Kupakhal in Maikanch Panchayat under Kasipur block in Rayagada