Japan's meteorological agency on Wednesday played down the possibility that recent heavy rains sweeping the country are due solely to the E1 Nino weather pattern. "What we're seeing right now, while

Ahmedabad-based Cadilla Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Gujarat Oleochem Ltd. have got funding approval from the Technology Development Board (TDB) for the production of a therapeutic vaccine for leprosy

A parliamentary committee has recommended constitution of a task force by the Union Environment and Forest Ministry to launch an afforestation programme in Orissa's Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput

As the world approaches the new millennium, the Malthusian prediction of population growth outstripping food supplies may come true, warns Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, leading agro-biologist, calling for

The Legislative Assembly today adopted the Karnataka Forest and Certain Other Law (Amendment) Bill, 1997, already passed by the Legislative Council, after discussion. It is based on the National

Eminent environmentalist Banka Behari Das has expressed concern over the absence of mass nesting of endangered Olive Ridley turtles at the Gahirmatha beach for the second consecutive

The medical scientist, Prof. V. Ramalingaswami, has made a passionate plea to bring gene therapy into the normal system of licensing of medicines under the Drugs Controller of India. Prof.

Apart from inorganic compounds, bioagents like funguscan also help remove radioactive metals such as uranium and thorium, and hazardous heavy metals like iron, lead and cadmium from industrial

To make domestic industry better equipped to fight foreign competetion, the BJP Government has finalised a package of legal and administrative reforms which will make it easier for Indian individuals

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi today ruled out any further talks with his Karnataka counterpart J.H. Patel to resolve the Cauvery river water dispute, asserting a solution could be found