Drinking water shortage in several parts of Kerala, especially in the high and midland areas of many districts, has become so acute that the inhabitants have to depend on water supply by private operators for whom it has turned out to be a lucrative business.

- Adityapur Municipal Council bleeds as transporters evade tax

Jamshedpur, April 28: On the banks of Kharkai, a row of trucks wait for their turn to get loaded. Sand is what they carry. Sometimes the consignment is authorised, but more often it

Union Coal Minister Santosh Bagrodia alleged that the BJP government in Karnataka is least interested in the development of the State. Addressing the reporters on Saturday, Bagrodia said,

Washington: Hidden in the bonechilling dark beneath an Antarctic glacier, a colony of strange bacteria is thriving. Scientists investigating the flow of blood-red water from beneath the glacier discovered the bacteria, which have survived for millions of years, living on sulfur and iron compounds, they report in the journal Science.

PUBLIC sector mining company National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) may stop exports of high-grade iron ore if international ore prices, contracted under long-term agreements (LTA) with other countries, continue to fall sharply. The move is expected to hit steel companies in Japan and Korea that source a large part of their iron ore requirements from India.

Afghanistan is looking for mining firms to open up a huge iron deposit, holding an estimated 1.8 billion tonnes of high quality ore, but potential bidders face a volatile security situation in a remote, mountainous region.

The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) and Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding to extend technical cooperation for jointly pursuing new ventures in the country and abroad.

Some 80 percent of Arctic ice may disappear in 30 years, not 90 as scientists had previously estimated, according to a new study on the impact of global warming.

"The amount of the Arctic Ocean covered by ice at the end of summer by then could be only about 1 million square kilometres, or about 620,000 square miles," said US researchers who authored the study published Thursday.