National Knowledge Commission chief Sam Pitroda pointed out last week that we have 370 universities when we need 1,500. But Arjun Singh is more focused on implementing quotas

Gene M130 is a marker of the first human migration out of Africa. R M Pitchappan, who teaches immunology at the Madurai Kamaraj University in Tamil Nadu, tells Narayani Ganesh that he found this in the DNA of members of a community in a village near Madurai: Are Indians the first ever migrants out of Africa?

With chances of conventional war becoming rare, the Centre has mooted a proposal to change the character of civil defence by giving its volunteers the responsibility of tackling disasters in addition to protecting people and property from external aggression or internal disturbances. Currently, the activities of civil defence is to provide necessary support to citizens in 124 selected cities at the time of external aggression. Under the proposed change, the Centre is plans to extend its activities to all 604 districts in the country.

An overhead water tank has suddenly sprung up near the Taj complex and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which looks after the monument, says it is clueless as to who built the

Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's environment minister, has become the target of a campaign from Western Australia's Pilbara region. The Friends of Australian Rock Art is worried about recent vandalism

Even as tourist inflows to Rajasthan registered a 17 per cent increase during April-June 2006 compared to the corresponding period in 2005, the Rajasthan Government's 'Adopt a monument' scheme finds

The Centre has set a target of adding about 15,000 MW of hydroelectric capacity during the Eleventh Plan period, the Union Power Minister, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde, has said. Hydro capacity of 5,980 MW

India has singed a memorandum of agreement with Unesco for setting up a regional centre for education and training in the field of biotechnology. Considered first of its kind in the country, the