To give a major fillip to hydro power generation in the country, the Power Ministry is working on a six point strategy to attract hydro-players in this sector in a big way. Under the proposed

Poverty is proving a curse to farmers and landless labourers in even a prosperous state like Punjab, where during the past few years, suicides because of indebtedness have become a common feature in

The Orissa Chief Minister, Mr J B Patnaik, accused the Centre for not being "responsive enough" to the genuine demands of the state and said in certain cases it was not even discharging its

Overlooking protests from its political opponenets the Bangladesh government has commissioned a study of the technical and economic aspects of importing electricity from India. The excercise funded

A few weeks ago, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) celebrated its 50th anniversary. The UN body has become a prodigious producer of regulations covering a wide range of safety and

A microbiologist of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) in Delhi has discovered a new group of soil bacteria that enables farmers to reap bumper harvests of wheat, cotton and sunflower

The country's first early maturing maize hybrid that can be bred quickly has been developed by crop scientists who say the breakthrough will improve India's maize production considerbaly. Compared to

Japan and Russia agreed in summit talks that ended on Sunday to what is believed to be the world's first greenhouse gas emissions swap since last year's landmark United Nations pact on global

An organ donation campaign has been launched in Coimbatore, inspired by a rare gesture from the parents of an 18 year old boy from Kerala. A gesture that led to the first multiple organ transplant

Acupuncture, the 5,000 years old medical practice can treat difficult incurable infections like hepatitis, a recent case has showed, according to Dr R K Tuli of the Delhi's Apollo Hosptial after he