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After the presumed loss of a US scouting mission to Mars underscored the risk of space exploration. Europe will make its own high-stakes gamble on Friday, launching a powerful new rocket taking

NASA sounded increasingly gloomy on Sunday about the chances of ever contacting the $165-million Mars Polar Lander after scientists again listened in vain for a signal during two chances to

Hyundai Motor Co. said it will join a fuel-cell alliance in the U.S. to keep abreast of the global trend toward environment-friendly

The much-touted Sankhya Vahini project will pose a serious threat to national security, says Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, former chief of Naval Staff. With this statement from a defence expert, the

The fertiliser plant of Oswal Chemicals and Fertiliser Ltd (OCFL) at Paradip, which had been prohibited by the Orissa Government to operate its DAP plant and sulphur conveyer system after the recent

A new computer virus that has targeted mobile phone users in Spain - calling them up to deliver an insulting e-mail about a Spanish telephone company - has dramatically demonstrated what could be the

Multinational company Monsanto on Wednesday confirmed that it had closed its bio-informatics research unit, Bangalore, as prt of the company's restructuring plans, but denied it was winding up R&D

The long-awaited RS 600-crore Cotton Technology Mission (CTM) for emhancing the overall performance of the domestic cotton sector is likely to be formally launched this month, a senior Textiles

Engineers and scientists at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation are busy giving finishing touches to India's first indigenously slated to be hot-tested this

Alfa Laval India Ltd is negotiating for setting up three desalination plants worth Rs 75 crores in the water-scare States along the west coast, a top company official has

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