Japanese scientists in Tokyo have created a miniature artificial chromosome which they hope would eventually be used to carry therapeutic genes for treating diseases like muscular

The Ministry of Agriculture has resurrected the Aquaculture Authority Bill (AAB) which is to be taken up during the budget session of Parliament. The Bill comes after the Supreme Court's critical

The TB control programme has failed, and India is sitting on a virtual time bomb as it is all set to achieve the dubious distinction of having the highest number of tuberculosis and HIV patients by

Karnataka Chief Minister J H patel managed to placate an angry Opposition when he announced yesterday that the May 2 Cabinet meeting would discuss and finalise a hike in compensation to the farmers

One year after a State sponsored survey provided these startling statistics on the plight of bonded labourers in the Tamil Nadu, things are not exactly cut out for the State's proposed rescue plan. A

At least 14 peacocks of a forest Department nursery were found dead under mysterious circumstances in Bilawali village of Dewas district in Madhya

Thakarsibhaisavalia, 58, a farmer from Pankhan village, may not have cried 'eureka', as Archimedes did, but he was intelligent enough to realise that he had stumbled upon something extraordinary: a

Those suffering from acidity and peptic ulcers now have the option of a painless surgical correction, thanks to the revolutionary technique of minimally invasive surgery of the upper

The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) for the National Capital Region has called upon the city's hospitals to give it the action taken reports on the safe handling of hospital waste. At

The Yamuna river, Rs 400 crore spent on cleaning it notwithstanding, is highly polluted between Delhi and Etawah in Uttar Pradesh, the Delhi High Court was informed today. The Central government