In Bombay, simple technologies are being used to convert garbage into fuel and biofertilisers.

Though scientists have developed a way to saw eucalyptus wood without cracking or twisting it, furniture makers aren't convinced of its utility.

A software programme project that will be a boon to those who want to learn Sanskrit is threatened by a lack of funds.

Workers at Baranagar jute factory in West Bengal, one of five shut down by the state pollution control board, have decided to contribute part of their wages to help install an effluent treatment

Indian scientists have devised a coal fired kiln for potters, which is expected to revive the pottery sector groaning under the high cost of firewood.

Nine years after the world's worst industrial accident, an international team of 15 doctors and researchers arrived in Bhopal. Their objective: to "provide consultative support towards the Bhopal

The National Literacy Mission (NLM) plans to lead Delhi's 2.48 million illiterates "from darkness into light". Besides reading and writing, the mission will focus on sex education, AIDS awareness,