Study : In what is claimed to be first India study on the spread of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, through the highrisk group of jail inmates , an associate professor of the All India

Prof T. N. Khussoo, an eminent environmentalist, today regretted the lack of commitment among the policy-makers to safeguard the environment. He also regretted the failure to develop a strong

Scientists : El Nino is dying. According to satellite images, the Pacific Ocean waters warmed by El Nino are receding. Colder temperatures are creeping in. But scientists say it's still too early to

The decline in the population of the Indian crane, locally known as the Saras, is causing concern among experts who attribute the fall in numbers to increasing fragmentation and encroachment on its

The tobacco bill almost made it in US senate until the Republicans decided to blow it off : a

A biologist's rush to map human DNA stirs fears that he could become the Bill Gates of biotech : a

A debate is raging in Yellowstone National Park around a policy known as natural regulation. This is the 30th anniversary of its inception, and natural regulation has grown to encompass a broader

For most private computers, the notorious Year 2000 glitch won't be the end of the world. For Washington, however, it could be a disaster. The U.S. government is dramatically and perhaps dangerously

A year after the landing of Mars Pathfinder, mission scientists say that data from the spacecraft paint two strikingly different pictures of the role of water on the red planet, and yield surprising

In an era when cigratte advertising is under attack worldwide, tobacco companies will see an end to their unusally blunt sales pitch: Smoke more, get a prize. But soon, giveaway promotions by

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