Large-scale encroachment of forest land is going on unchecked in the apple belt of Himcahal. These violations are highest in the Shimla district, which along accounts for over half of the total
The benefits of mother's milk have long been known for babies, but Australian researchers say it can also deliver significant gains for athlets. They say an eight-week study of 40 atheletes showed
Seventeen people, including three children, were killed in the heavy rain which continued for the fourth day in Kerala. The rain, caused by depression over the Arabian Sea , have been quite harsh in
The thermal power station in Farakka was shut down today after the National Thermal Power Corporation decided to stop the power supply to West Bengal and the Damodar Valley Corporation. A senior
Large scale felling of infected and dried sal trees in two forest ranges of Dehra Dun have been taken up by the UP Forest Corporation. About 15,000 trees have been felled already and at least double
The premier vigilance agency of Madhya Pradesh, the Lok Ayukta, has severely indicted several influential politicians of both the Congress and the BJP, senior bureaucrats and timber merchants for
US doctors have for the first time transferred genes from an infertile woman's egg into another egg and fertilised it with sperm to create an embryo, a 'Washington Post' report said citing a
National legislations to protect traditional wisdom in medicines which is being pirated without sharing its benefits, formation of an international task force to discuss the mechanism of protection
Dhanbad's only electric crematorium at Mohalbani, 20 km from Dhanbad on the bank of Damodar river, has turned into an instrument for smuggling of human organs. This obnoxious game, in operation
