Reliance power-owned Sasan Power may have tied up Rs 14,550 crore of rupee loans from a clutch of banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI) to achieve financial closure of the 4,000- MW ultra mega power project (UMPP) at Sasan in Madhya Pradesh, but the company is already scouting for foreign funds to replace at least 50 per cent of the debt at the earliest.

LUCKNOW: Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) play an important role in development of innovation driven sectors like drugs and pharmaceuticals.

Despite recent spurt in promoting various aspects of IPRs during the last decade, the scientific community requires even more exposure to the complex issues involved.

LUCKNOW: As many as 23 students from various parts of the state will be participating at a CSIR programme on Youth for Leadership in Science (CPYLS) to be conducted at the Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) on April 27 and 28.

Taking a serious note of increasing cases of water contamination in the city, Lucknow Municipal Corporation(LMC) and Jal Sansthan have decided to conduct a joint drive across the city.The civic authorities have also introduced several other measures to prevent the residents from several water-borne diseases.

Lucknow: On the occasion of the Earth Day, a seminar on