The Karnataka government has demanded that the Centre should immediately issue a counter guarantee for the proposal 1,000 mw Cogentrix power project coming up in Mangalore. In a meeting with Prime

The World Bank is likely to provide supplementary fund to help post-flood rehabilitation programmes in different sectors of Bangladesh. A 32.4 million US dollars Credit Agreement was signed between

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will provide vegetable seeds to marginal farmers in Bangladesh to grow vegetables in the aftermath of flood. About 25 metric tons of improved variety of

UK tobacco companies are to mount a legal challenge to the European Union ban on tobacco advertising. The Tobacco Manufacturer's Association will announce plans to appeal to the European Court

The American Cancer Society launched its national anti-tobacco advertising campaign as part of a new no-holds barred approach to stop people smoking. The new generaton of television commercials is

Portugal has been asked to provide a full explaination to the European Commission, the European Union's executive, after an alarming rise in outbreaks of BSE or "mad cow

Construction of the International Space Station scheduled to start later this year marks another milestone in space exploration. Research missions that once lasted only a few weeks, could routinely

In a report released in Athens, the International Energy Agency (IEA) praises the Greek government moves towards introducing more competition and private ownership in Greek energy markets. The

A five-member team of Norweigian experts will be arriving after christmas to conduct an explosion in the belly of the Koyna lake. This most "delicate" operation will mark the completion of the major

Even as the intersity of the rains reduced on Friday, hundreds of slum residents are finding themselves in a vulnerable situation. The post-flood scenario too has started rearing its ugly head.