Medical researchers looking into a puzzling outbreak of brain tumors at an Amoco Corp Research Centre say they have made an important step towards finding the cause of the problem. Since 1989, 17
The Supreme Court has directed the Attorney-general to report on the action taken by the Government in order to prevent biopiracy as in the case of the basmati rice patent.According to a press
Aggrieved local residents and environmental action groups have begun to build up pressure on the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party Government against going ahead with its ambitious move to develop a
Doctors at Owaisi Hospital and Research Institute (OHRI) in Hyderabad are carrying out experiments to find out if goat liver can be transplanted into humans. While doctors worldwide are looking upon
Eminent environmentalist Banka Behari Das has expressed concern over the absence of mass nesting of endangered Olive Ridley turtles at the Gahirmatha beach for the second consecutive
Indian scientists are working on super wheat varieties that can yield 15 to 25 per cent more than the current best varieties. Head of Directorate of Wheat Research (DWR) at Karnal in Haryana, S
Union Minister for Forests and Environment Suresh Prabhu on Monday indicated his Ministry would try to clear impediments in granting environment clearance for the Vadhwan international port along the
The Orissa Government is expected to launch a renewed campaign against shifting cultivation which is posing a major threat to its forests and environment. The Government has reasons to sit up and
The notices served by the police to some of the illegal factories in the Tughlakabad extension Area have generated little hope among the residents plagued by the pollution caused by these
