The Centre has given environment clearance for the expansion of runway at the Jammu Airport which will entail an investment of Rs 92 crore, a senior government official said Monday. Jammu airport, which
The Centre virtually admitted that the starvation deaths among the very poor in Rayagada and Keonjhar districts of Orissa could be due to forced starvation on account of poverty. Officially, the
Anti-diabetic drug, Phenformin will be banned in the country soon. The government has decided to order withdrawal of the drug from the market following the finding of the drugs technical advisory
A blue board on a non-descript, white washed building tucked in a south Indian village says it is a handmade paper production unit run by Jansi Rani Women Self-help Group. Yet another cottage
Though the Kyoto Protocol is unlikely to become operational this year, India - which will soon host the Eighth Conference of Parties on Climate Change - has cleared six projects proposals under the
The Apollo Hospitals group has plans to undertake research in gene mapping in the areas of oncology and cardiovascular disease segment. The research would be undertaken by the Apollo Genetics Centre
The EU decision to end the ban on GM food this week after four long years is likely to renew the debate over labelling and strict monitoring here. Import of unlabelled GM soyabean oil, which
In a bid to ensure restoration of mining areas-sans ecological degradation, mines ministry has proposed a new mines closure scheme which will make it mandatory for mining companies to give a
Even though Pfizer had earlier sued Dr. Reddy's Labs for allegedly infringing on its patent on anti hypertension drug Norvasc, the US FDA has mentioned that Dr. Reddy's application to market the new
Bharat Biotech International Ltd., a domestic fore runner in medical biotechnology, had obtained worldwide patent for its version of Lysostaphin, the recombinant DNA therapeuticprotein intended for
US President George W. Bush launched an initiative to boost trade with Southeast Asian nations, promising them in creased access to the Lucrative US market in exchange for economic reform.
