In a recent presentation on The Threatened Birds of India, at the India International Centre, New Delhi, Bikram Grewal, a prolific writer on the birds of India, revealed the sad

Scientists develop a new switch to revolutionise fibre opti techniques

It is commonplace to find disks with gigabyte capacity. But now, two scientists, C R Stroud and M W Noel, working at Rochester University, have been able to manipulate the position of

The US applies pressure over new patents law on drugs in Brazil amidst stringent criticism

Among the known elementary particles, neutrinos are the hardest to detect and study. But now there are plans to organise 'mass migration' of neutrinos to another detector many miles

Ottawa's tobacco industry in Canada can once again woo the public by flaunting it's ware. For seven years, tobacco manufacturers were restricted from indulging in promotional

RIDING THE WIND: The Bombay-based Keshavlal Talakchand (KT) group has harnessed wind power to run its textile mills at Morbi, Gujarat. The Morbi-based Vishaldeep spinning mill and the

A breakthrough in organ transplant surgery promises end the agonies of patients and donors

THE ASIAN Haalth Environmental and Allied Databases (AHEAD) - a New Delhi- Mdemonwrtional consortium has planned the commercial release of three database series on Asian environment, health