The overall flood situation in Bihar aggravated today with major rivers including Kosi, Bagmati, Kamala Balan, Punpun and Gandak eroding their embankments and engulfing fresh areas as the toll in the

A three-year study in a few buildings in Delhi have shown that the air inside is worse, specially in the confines of an air-cinditioned office. Worried by the alarming air quality in the city, a few

The Karnataka High Court has directed the state police to provide adequate security to the offices of multinational seed company Monsanto Enterprises Limited and also to Indian Institution of Science

Scientists are to begin clinical trials of what could prove to be a revolutionary AIDS vaccine in Britain within a few month. The vaccine-which has been backed by a $8.9 million grant from the

In a bid to give a cutting edge to the armed forces, Research and Development Establishment (R&DE) Engrs, Dighi - A Defence and Research Development Organisation laboratory- has now developed a

Monsanto: Despite nationwide protests from farmers, Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (MMB), a 50:50 joint venture between global agro-technology giant Monsanto and Mahyco, is set to go ahead with the final

The Health ministry has chalked out an ambitious scheme invovling one lakh girls who will spread awareness about maternal health. The girls, between the ages of 18 and 21, will be trained in basics

800 women died this year alone due to shortage of health centres and trained nurses. A govt. scheme reamins

Britains Great White Shark hunters, now descending on Cornwall in shoals, may soon become an endangered breed. Marine biologists are pressing to have the fish, Carcharodon carcharias, protected

Chemical and petrochemcal factories continue to come up on the Vadodara-to-Vapi axis in the state with little monitoring and less respect for the law. The area accounts for most the 200 registered