As part of the comtemporary concerns related to recurrent natural calamities, depletion of flora and fauna and tourism, the government post-graduate colleges of Rishikish and Uttarkashi are hosting

On the night of 29 September , a train running through the Rajaji National park, near Hardwar had hit a herd of elephants, killing three elephants and injuring one. The following night, the whole

With the Primary Health Care system in India under tremendous strain, there is need for increasing community involvement and introducting effective management practices to optimally utilise its

Keeping with its policy of clearing humanitarian projects, the World Bank has cleared the much awaited $129.9 million assistance to the Diversified Agricultural Support Programme for

The country's space programme has been hit by delays and the launch schedules of some of the most prestigious projects are being re-written.

While Nepal celebrates 1998 as the year of the tiger, endangered Royal Bengal tigers are reportedly being killed in the country's national parks. Reports of the "disappearance" of a tigress and death

The Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park, the only zoo in North Bihar, will now have an enriched collection of animals and rare and exotic brids as a fallout to Mrs Maneka Gandhi's campaign against "cruelty

Koalas will be extinct within 10 to 15 years unless urgent action is taken to halt the decline in their numbers, the Australian Koala Foundation has warned.

Tattooing on forearms may lead to leprosy as happened with 28 women in Chhattisgarh region of Madhya Pradesh , a study showed.

The Union health ministry might privatise the maintenance services in Central government-run hospitals to tide over the crisis due to the strike by the group C and D employees. The six-day long

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