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The Thai-Burmese border is not only home to ethnic rebels, wandering refugees and gem smugglers but also to deadly drug-resistant malarial parasites. According to experts, the region is the

The conflict-ridden continent can still hope for peace. In a concerted effort to ban nuclear weapons in the continent, government leaders and ministers from all 53 African countries are set to

Stanford University researchers, by studying what are known as DNA microsatellites, try to explain the genesis and evolution of the Homo sapiens Providing yet another proof in support of the 'Out of Africa' theory

Pay dues, else lose your right to vote: this seems to be the current slogan of the LIN as it seeks to fight its deepening financial crisis. As a first step, it has stripped 35 countries out of

The Indian subcontinent and Australia are moving away from each other. This is the result of the cracking up of the massive Indo- Australian crustal plate just south of the equator beneath the

IT STARTED with a big hype but is now veering towards a rather unfortunate collapse. A us $65-million experiment, which had the backing of the Commonwealth leaders, to save tropical rainforests

WITH the recent finding of a rare dinosaur fossil, scientists at the Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are trying to create a sound that may resemble the call of

Diamonds not only have glamour value; research reveals that they have helped solve a long standing puzzle on recycling capabilities of the earth's crust

TREE-felling has evolved into a big business involving mafia, guns and lots of money, says a parliamentary report released on March 13. Rising population, mining, i,ndustrialisation, construction

• Indian textile exporters will have no choice but to switch to eco-friendly dyes in view of the German ban on import of textiles using azo dyes. The ban will finally came into effect from April

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