Still grappling with the human tragedy, Orissa has had no time to mourn the decimation of nine crore trees by the cyclone. The loss may prove

Mumbai's textile mill owners are findings ways of turning 280 acres of industrial wasteland into a Rs 1,000 -crore gold mine.

A new method of screening embryos reignites an old debate by sidestepping the ban on sex-determination tests.

Twenty years ago, villagers of Kadi in Gujarat's Mehsana district would have said the black buck was an endangered species. Today, they would not be too sure, having seen over the years that the

Think of the panic if AIDS could be spread by mosquitoes. Or through sweat. Such a nightmare exists-- but fortunately not in the human world. That is little consolation for Devi Singh. He has been

The Orissa coast-- the world's largest rookery of the endangered Olive ridley sea turtles-- is now famous for being the biggest grave of dead turtles. Check the figures: in November, the sea washed

A 'local' doctor in Meghalaya takes on cases modern medicine has given up on : a

Removing sand from river beds is good business. A lorry full of sand can bring in Rs 4,000 . But it is also bad ecology. In Karur district, Tamil Nadu, sand mining from the Cauvery bed has affected

The sex life of shrimps is vital to India's exports. After they mate and proliferate, millions of shrimps are packed into cans and sent abroad, earning India a large chunk of the Rs 4,000 crore it

Growing malaise : A silent, embarrassing affliction sweeps Indian bedrooms, with men from all age groups and social classes desperately touring to doctors for cures.

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