The much-touted Yadana gas pipeline project in Burma has run into trouble. Burmese political exiles have filed a lawsuit in a US district court against the California-based Unocal Corp, asking

In a significant ruling for Internet buffs, a US court recently ruled that putting a site on the World Wide Web doesn't make a person liable to be sued anywhere in the US. They gave the judgement on

Continuing its drive to clean Delhi's air, the Supreme Court of India passed a stern ruling early this month ordering the closure of 513 hazardous industrial units by January 31 next year if they

Environment has once again be

even as the scientific fraternity is investigating the effectiveness of the

the ministry of environment and forests ( m o ef ) has come under attack from a parliamentary standing committee which has criticised its handling of Project Elephant. The committee noted

Discovery of a new mode of dosage compensation that is, how the sexes are compensated for their reduced dosage of chromosome linked genes leaves certain questions unanswered

Environmental degradation arising out of desertification, deforestation, erosion and climatic changes and poaching is seriously threatening the delicate ecosystem of the riparian areas of Yangtze

Two groups experiment to uphold the tenability of one theory of genesis of introns over another, yet fail to resolve the basic questions regarding these genetic sub units

Many African econo

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