Report :About 8.5 lakh people in South 24-parganas are affected by arsenic in water. The areas include Sonarpur, baruipur, Bhangar-1, Mograhat-2 and Rajpur-Sonarpur municipality. This was disclosed

The coverage of the World Bank funded cataract blindness control project is likely to be extended to all the States. This follows a review of the project by a World Bank

The deadly marek's disease affecting chickens that has raised concern among poultry owners of Gurdaspur is not hatchery-borne,according to an expert. Clarifying reports that chickens were not

The Kumbh mela is almost over , but the mad rush of last week has left a sordid tale of sacrifice in its wake. At least 25 animals are reported to have perished and many more have taken seriously ill

The Centre has decided to make sweeping changes in the environment policy to protect the industrial units facing closure on account of issues relating to environment protection. The proposed changes

Can vehicles running on leaded petrol use unleaded petrol without installing the catalytic converter? The answer is yes, according to the World Bank environmental scientists Jitendra Shah, who is in

A cryogenic sampler payload was successfully flown from the National Scientific Balloon Facility of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Hyderabad. The 380 kg cryogenic sampler, developed

The Centre has begun preparations for the Millennium Census, one of the largest administrative operations ever undertaken by any government of the world. A work force of two million enumerators

The spacecraft Ulysses, launched in 1990 in the first mission ever to explore the sun's polar regions, has completed the first leg of its historic odyssey. Scientists said the small craft has already

The issue of procuring a patent for Darjeeling tea is being speeded up with results expected within six months, according to planters involved innegotiations with the Tea