Bangalores decibel levels have risen, putting it in the dubious company of Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and Chennai. All because of public apathy, is how the State Pollution Control Board sees it. But the

Nearly 97,000 industries in the city are in a tizzy over the recent Supreme Court Order, which said that no untreated water will enter the river Yamuna. If the industries fail to set up their

K.C. George, senior scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre's radiation biology department and his assistant, P.C. Kesavan under the direction of N.C. Verma, the department head, recently

Indian Oil Corporation(IOC) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Elf Antar of France to introduce a diesel additive for transport vehicles and generator sets which will help reduce

The Kerala High Court initiated suo moto proceedings on the basis of photographs carried by the The Indian Express depicting the cruel manner in which cattle being taken to the slaughter houese were

Blind people could benefit from a system based on the natural navigational capacities of bats conceived by British scientists. A prototype which is still under development emits ultra-sound which is

The Campus Development Committee of the Jawaharlal Nehru University initiated a project last month to convert 400-odd acres of campus area into a national park which would be home to neelgai, horn

In order to marshal the pooled resources of developing countries to provide a collective response to challenges posed by cardiovascular diseases, the All India Institute of Medical Science(AIIMS) is

There are victims of the recent Indo-Pak conflict in Kargil, but their plight has failed to draw attention of the civilised world. This is the plight of some of the rare species of wild animals,

The flyash produced by the nearby Rajghat Power Station has become part of the people of Kanchanpuri. And it adds on - 900 tonnes, every day.The present stock of the flyash being dumped into the