Tissue culture could help save the endangered forests of north-eastern India due to rising demand for timber, says the Tata Energy Research Institute.

The controversy relating to the free distribution of power to farmers is all set to become the first source of confrontation between the Centre and the DMK

With cotton yield in the state having dropped by almost half this year, the cultivators are facing a piquant financial crisis. The Maharashtra government too stands to suffer losses mounting to Rs

For those "sick" at heart, there is a second chance with the introduction of a new technique for detecting defects more accurately. It is known as "intravascular ultrasournd" or IVUS . This method

Incinerators used by several hospitals in the Capital are not properly desgined and operated. This was revealed in the investigations conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board, recently. The

Heavy flooding in eastern Afghanistan has killed 35 people with the West and centre of the war-torn country also badly hit by heavy spring rains, official sources and aid workers

To check the growing menance of pollution in the Gomti, the UP Jal Nigam has prepared a Rs 50.29 crore plan, to divert the city's drains which empty into the river - Lucknow's main source of drinking

As teams on fact-finding missions have started visiting Lalitpur district in Jhansi to examine the high incidents of suicides, the district authorities have identified poverty prone areas to study

With the once-dreaded polio on its way out following a sustained immunisation programme, Indian medicos have now set their eyes on eliminaiton of haemophilus influenza type B (HIB), a major cause of

The Simlipal sanctuary in Orissa's Mayurbhanj district is witnessing an intriguing game of hide and seek between wildlife auhtorities and local tribal hunters. The authorities are on high alert with