In order to enhance the cotton production, the National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) has started a project sponsored by the India Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) for the
The government plans to construct 13 lakh houses in the rural areas in the current financial year in partnership with the private sector and also set up a Rural Housing and Habitat Development
Russia will cater to 85 per cent of the debt requirement for the 2000 mw (2 x 1000 mw) nuclear power plant being commissioned in Kudandulam, Tamil Nadu. The project, which costs around $3 billion,
Export of timber from Bihar will be severely hit this year as almost one-third of the seasum (dilbergia sissoo) tree plantations have died. Initially, the farmers and the State Forest Department who
The Delhi Government is preparing a Rs 10,000 crore action plan to clean the Yamuna and ensure adequate water level in it, Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma has said. "The action plan, being given
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) decision to blacklist Binnie and partners (B&P), consultants for the Mumbai Sewerage Disposal Project (MSDP), has not gone down well with the World Bank,
No pain-killers: Thousands of cancer patients in the State are reeling under the impact of an acute shortage of morphine, the most commonly used pain-killer. According to reports,the Regional Cancer
Extraordinarily high levels of a chemical compound known to cause cancer were found in the groundwater near four home appliance and semiconductor factories in May, prefectural government officials
A recent Ministry of Health and Welfare report, which revealed that Japanese women's breast milkis tainted by dioxins--environmental estrogens that disrupt hormonal functions--is causing concern
