Russian space officials on Friday lobbied for the ageing Mir station, warning it could hurtle to Earth without proper funding and would represent a giant leap backward for mankind if retired
In order to check the growing menace of coal-ash flying into people's faces and adding to air pollution, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) has brought out a notification which bars
The petitions Committee of the Assembly, which visited the Mullaperiyar dam on Saturday, suggested that the Kerala Government directly remove the excavated materials dumped upstream of the spillways
The Union Government has convened a meeting in New Delhi on Monday of the Chief Secretaries of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry.The meeting was held in the light of a letter written by
The Subandiri river breached its embankment and submerged over 60 villages in Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts, forcing thousands to take shelter in the highlands and roads .
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is making drastic cuts in the aid extended to India and some other countries in south-east Asia. India, already faced with sanctions, will now have to cope with
At least 16 people, including women and children, have die of gastroenteritis in Panighata Tea Estate since Tuesday, the West Bengal Minister for Municipal Affairs and Urban Development, Mr Ashok
Even as Madhya Pradesh risks losing lakhs of sal trees due to extensive damage caused by a beetle, sal borer, the state government has sought the intervention of the Union ministry for environment
The U.S. astronomers have found a planet orbiting a star 'Gilese 876', about 15 light years away from earth. According to them,the planet is far closer to earth than any previously known extra-solar
