Accounting professionals who are responsible for quantifying the effects of economic activities of enterprises have, over the last many years, been blind to the larger effects of these activities on

Volkswagen's answer to the environmental car of the future took its bow at the Paris motor show in September. The "3-litre" Lupo does not refer to the diminutive hatchback's engine size, but the fact

A satellite network, devoid of conventional terrestrial relay stations for data transmission to increase the speed of transmission, will invade the sky by 2003. The network, comprising several

A new technology to tranform stalks of banana plant into high-quality paper, rope, cardboard and twine has been developed by Australian researchers. It is based on an ancient egyptian technique of

Sun Microsystems Inc., which is already working to overturn the established order in the software world with its Java technology, is now readying a similar attack on the chip industry. Sun will

Toyota Motor Corp. and Montell Polyolefins BV of the Netherlands will license manufacturing technology for a jointly developed resin to automakers throughout the world, company officials said. The

India's military which was let down by the inability of Indian satellites to spot the intruders in Kargil expects to bolster its surveillance capabilities with Cartosat-1, the first of a new series

The domestic pharmaceuticals industry has demanded compulsory licensing clause to safeguard consumer interests and a definition to ascertain the novelty value of "new molecules" in the wake of

In a bid to give a cutting edge to the armed forces, Research and Development Establishment (R&DE) Engrs, Dighi - A Defence and Research Development Organisation laboratory- has now developed a

A Bangalore-born engineer settled in the US has invented a vest fitted with sensors to indicate bodily dysfunctions. The hitech vest is connected via satellite to doctors to aler them in time to save