Aspiring Thai monks may have to take urine tests. Thailand's education ministry wants men applying to become Buddhist monks to submit to urine test for drug use and the virus that causes AIDS. More

With the death of three-year-old Deepa on Wednesday, the toll from alleged supply of contaminated water to the Bharat Vihar Jhuggi cluster, near Kakrola village in west Delhi, rose to seven. All the

Swiss scientists have reported the discovery of a novel retrovirus (which converts itself from RNA to DNA after penetrating host cells and inserting itself into genes there) concealed in the DNA of

The Calcutta High Court today adjourned the azaan case until August 11 after the Supreme Court directed them not to proceed with the case till they hear the special leave petitions filed by the eight

Karnataka on Wednesday made it clear that provisions in the Central draft and modified schemes for implementation of interim award of the Cauvery tribunal was "totally unacceptable" and calld on

The Allahabad High Court has directed saree printing units in Varanasi district to close down till they set up effluent treatment plants to check pollution.A division Bench of the court, consisting

The Himachal Pradesh Government has taken steps to prevent polythene bags from littering its urban towns, including Shimla and Manali. The State Government's Department of Science, Technology and

As the no. of malaria deaths continues to rise the government is pressing for a malaria control programme on the lines adopted by certain African countries. In this connection, director of the

It is like the early days of nuclear power. This time the field is agriculture. Those in favour of genetically modified crops are promising plenty, those against are conjuring up a mega disaster

A dwindling forest cover and rapid industrialisation leading to severe ecological imbalances--this is what the state may soon come to be associated with, if afforestation is not taken up urgently.