Surgical cotton or absorbent cotton is in great demand all over the world, but with desi cotton — considered ideal raw material for it — being edged out, manufacturers have been banking heavily on

Kolkata: Nine days before the temblor struck Sikkim and Bengal on Sunday, Dipak Ghosh, emeritus UGC fellow¸ had an uncanny feeling.

Compound Found In Liver Can Help Fight Dengue, Yellow Fever, Hepatitis

A six-and-a-half tonne defunct climate satellite that has been circling the Earth for the past 20 years will make a fiery death plunge this week, NASA officials have warned.

Sept. 20: Mangan town, which many consider the epicentre of the quake, does not show extensive damage and only one death has been reported there so far.

For the first time in India, scientific tests will be conducted on the Himalayan glaciers in Uttarakhand to measure the impact of carbon soot on glaciers.

In magnitude and scale of destruction, Sunday evening’s earthquake in Sikkim might not be a landmark event but it has caught the attention of scientists for a unique characteristic that is likely t

LUCKNOW: The Indian Railways in its vision statement for the year 2020 has envisaged construction of four dedicated high speed rail corridors connecting major cities.

Washington: Believe it or not, a scientist in UK has built a microwave which he claims can turn orange peel into oil.

Mumbai: That wealthy western nations have “over-polluted’’ the atmosphere may come as little surprise. But the degree to which they have done so is staggering.

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