Scientists believe they have made a breakthrogh in plant research that could help feed millions and save children in poor countries unable to afford vaccines, a joint Australian/Belgium research team

The ONGC has begun work on the Bangladesh contract. Bangladesh Gas Field Compnay Limited (BGFCL) had awarded a contract to ONGC against a global tender for providing one drilling rig and one

The Kakoijana reserved forest, located in Bongaigaon district of Lower Assam, is on the verge of destruction. With it the survival of as many as 45 golden langurs, a highly-endangered species of

Pakistan has reportedly developed an advanced version of its surface-to-air Unza missile, with which, it was claimed, it downed an Indian MiG fighter in the recent Kargil conflict, and proposes to

A distant relative of Krazy Glue is gaining acceptance by US doctors for use in a simple, non-surgical procedure to repair the fractured spines of osteoporosis patients and others. Dr. Richard

The death toll caused by an outbreak of encephalitis in Kathmandu has risen to 66 after three more deaths were reported by health officials

The makers of Viagra, the anti-impotence pill, are making a biscuit form of the drug for people who find tablets difficult to swallow, the Sunday Telegraph

Women who have fewer children and have them later in life may survive longer, a new study of more than 1,000 years of British aristocracy suggests. In the new study, published last week in the

At many US hospitals, doctors use the pen before the scalpel to avoid wrong-site surgery. From 1985 to 1995 the US Physicians Insurers Association counted 225 claims from wrong-site surgery by

In a path breaking step towards phasing out the thin plastic carry bag, the Maharasthra government has issued a notification banning bags less than 20 microns thick, that is, all plastic carry bags