Nuclear waste in Africa has caused environmental harm, sparked increases in cancer and other diseases, and caused some species extinctions, according to a study by Algerian researcher Kadhem Amoudi.

The scheme making registration of airconditioners mandatory for consumers is reportedly heading for a withdrawal due to dissuasive opinions voiced against it and some "unanswerable questions"

Mosquito species that carry malaria can now be swiftly identified with a DNA test kit developed by Australian researchers, that will aid eradication of disease-carrying mosquitoes quickly and

American volunteers began rolling up their sleeves and receiving injections yesterday in the first-ever large-scale human test of an AIDS vaccine. The three-year trial of Vaxgen Inc.'s AIDS-VAX is

Five huge barges are resting right on the port jetty, pushed up by the high tidal waves accompanying the cyclonic wind. The coal conveyor belt is shattered and the large godowns are lying in a

Enthused by the "fair success" of Advantage Maharashtra, a road-show organied to woo global investment in the infrastructure sector over two years ago, the State Government is now setting up "Agro

The Haryana Government has received 18 proposals, involving an investment of Rs 200 crore, for setting up projects to generate power from non-conventional sources of energy like biomass

A quality control department of the Delhi Jal Board will be set up within two months. Addressing a press conference in the Capital today, the Delhi Chief minister, Mr. Sahib singh, said that the next

The Delhi High Court today issued notices to the Union Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment and the Lieutenant -Governor of Delhi on a public interest litigation challenging the proposed

Germany was preparing today to send a consignment of plutonium to a reprocessing plant in Britain, the first such move since the German government imposed a ban last month on shipments of nuclear