A protracted water shortage in Malaysia-caused largely by unbridled development-has agitated normally subdued citizens and made foreign investors wary : a

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug to fight tuberculosis, the first new treatment in more than a decade for the virulent disease, and one that doesn't require as many doses in

The World Bank yesterday intiated agreement to support India's $240 million (roughly Rs 1,000 crore) National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP). This involves a loan totalling $196 million from

The government is set to phase out leaded petrol all over the country within the next two years depending upon the success of such a measure to be brought into force in the capital from September

Karnataka has decided to adopt a tit-for-tat policy against Tamil Nadu in the cauvery water dispute the threatening to stop Krishna waters to Chennai. Karnataka irrigation Minister K N Nage Gowda on

Deforestation is the "predominant cause" for desertification and droughts in the country, observed Dr. I. Sundar, from Annamalai University, in a paper presented at a State-level seminar organised by

The "Bull Mother Farm" and "Project Semen Station", twin projects of Madhya Pradesh Dairy Federation, located near Kerwa dam on Bhadbhada Road, are running loss since its inception, due to sheer

The General Secretary of Asom Sangrami Chah Shramik Sangha (ASCSS), Sri Brij Pradhan today claimed that gastro-enteritis had so far claimed lives of over 400 tea workers in the State and demanded a

The North-eastern States have lost over 300 sq. km. forest cover since 1995 even as a Supreme Court order banning felling of trees is in vogue in the region. A State Forest report (SFR) compiled by

Society of Agricultural Scientists (SAS) is going to organise First SAS Nepal Meet- a huge gathering of agricultural scientists of home and abroad with the slogan of" Role of Agricultural Research in