French company Sopro of Marseille has come up with an electronic device that helps singers improve their vocal techniques. The new gadget produces a musical note which the singers then try to

Global Positioning System (GPS) devices have dwindled to the size of a wristwatch. Japan's electronic giant Casio has developed a watch weighing just about 148 grammes that displays longitude and

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The German government s idea of ecological tax may seem impressive, but it hasn t got too many takers. There are too many contradictions, say critics of the green fees

The World Bank and United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) are to release a report titled "Learning What Works". the report relates to the two decades of UNDP-World Bank water and sanitation

Britain and India are likely to undertake a joint-research project to assess the impact of global warming on India. Talks in this regard were held between the British deputy premier John Prescott and

The issue of climate change has not only dominated the environment agenda for a decade, but is now seen as a part of the global political agenda also today. That is why the Centre for Science and

Record sea temperatures triggered by El Nino and global warming last year sounded death knell to more than 70 per cent of coral off Lakshadweep Islands in southern India, a US State Department study