Both government and voluntary agencies are helping to spread biogas technology, which can provide clean fuel and enriched manure as well as improve sanitation standards.

The Sardar Sarovar project was first conceived by the British authorities in 1931. It remains incomplete six decades later.

Scientists are relying on the emperor penguins to find out the state of sea resources in the inhospitable Antarctic region.

A plan to restrict import of bananas from Latin American countries is being opposed tooth and nail by the Germans.

The issue of World Bank funding for the Sardar Sarovar project has elicited a variety of responses within the country and abroad.

Computers are poised to make it possible for people to speak to each other in their own languages.

In the wake of a spate of accidents at a leading chemical manufacturer, German authorities are reviewing safety procedures in the industry.

Ten persons were killed in March by toxic gas from untreated effluents discharged by Century Rayon's Thane plant. The state pollution control board wants to shut the plant down, but is encountering opposition from the management and the union.

The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome SIDS is more frequent among children in the West than in Asia. Researchers say a difference in child care practices may be the cause.

ONTARIO Hydro's newly appointed chairman, Maurice Strong, has initiated steps to reduce the corporation's debt and review its operations, including its nuclear programme. Ontario Hydro, Canada's