In the first major turnaround in the international sanctions regime clamped on the sub-continent following last month's nuclear testing, the World Bank is slated to clear late tonight a

While the United States has condemned India for conducting nuclear tests, a new book has estimated that Washington has spent over 5.5 pound trillion on its own nuclar arsenal. The study, titled

The Union Commerce Ministry has banned imports of certain products being exported from the United Kingdom, Switzerland and other countries of the European Union, which may be prone to Bovine

Work on the Rs 453-crore Bina-Jhansi-Kanpur pipeline, a joint venture of Oman Chemicals and Petronet India will start this year and will be completed by the year 2001.The pipeline will have two

About 117 tanneries in Jajmau (Kanpur) were closed on Thursday in compliance with the Allahabad High Court order on pollution control, which will render at least 75,000 workers jobless. Similarly 37

Twenty-eight European countries, Canada and the US pledged on Wednesday to phase out leaded petrol by 2005 in a move that will demand costly changes in refinery techniques. The decision came during a

Ahmedabad-based Core Healthcare has received approval from the drug controller for a novel anaesthetic, 'Profol' which enables precise control of the state of unconsciousness. The drug is being

The 12th Indian Seafood Fair will be held in Kochi next year, between February 26 and 28, Marine Products Export development Authority (MPEDA) chairman K B Pillai said here

The tobacco giant Philip Morris considered challenging Australia's health warnings on cigarettes and Victoria's workers' compensation laws as part of a billion-dollar global

People living near the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand's Mae Moh Power Plant and the provincial governor are against the establishment of a fact-finding committee, saying the Egat is