A recent audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has pointed out that the Maharashtra Government overpaid more than Rs. 1400 crores to cotton-growers in the State during the

Experts at the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT) in Pantnagar(Uttar Pradesh) have called for introduction of an eco-friendly and farmer-friendly technologies in agriculture

The National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) in Bangalore is holding negotiations with the US-based inventor of hang glider helicopter to build the world's first such aircraft. The NAL has played a key

A group of students at R.V. College of Engineering in Bangalore have developed a proof-of-concept system to demonstrate that magnetic forces can be used to move a slide in machine

A mosquito pill that alters mosquito digestion, making it impossible for them to feed, lay eggs, or survive, has been perfected by U.S.

The U.S. State Department has cast doubt on North Korea's claim that the object it launched on August 31 over Japan was a satellite and not a missile. At the time of the launch, U.S. agencies

A large number of medical practitioners associated with the Delhi Medical Association (DMA) have expressed shock and concern over the opening of an 'oxygen bar' in the capital without going into any

Federal agencies are reporting progress in fixing their computers to cope with the Year 2000 (Y2K) problem, but some of them are exaggerating what they have done, according to independent federal

Senior officials in Russia's space programme have horrified the Americans with plans to extend the life of the accident-prone Mir space station. The American National Aeronautics Space Administration

A project to translocate the Asiatic lions, which are facing the problem of over-population at the Gir Sanctuary in Gujarat, to the Sita Mata Sanctuary in Rajasthan, is being