One important provision of the Bill is to a National Transportation Policy with a view to establish a planning framework within which transport bodies and all forms of road transport would operate.
The success in forging a developing country alliance at the Cancun ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation and India's improved external economic profile, as reflected in the annual
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) DG Tarun Das feels business associations have a very large role to play in the fight against HIV/AIDS as business could supplement governmental efforts. He
The ministry of tourism intends to set up a Rs 500-crore tourism development fund (TDF). Other ministry proposals pertain to a liberal civil aviation policy and putting tourism in the concurrent list
There is something brewing in the corridors of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). A programme for coffee biotechnology or coffee genetics has been designed for developing drought
We, had our differences with Bill Clinton, but there's no doubt one of his achievements was leading his party away from protectionism. Open trade Was a pillar of his New Democrat philosophy. He
The scientists of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University in Hisar (Haryana) have developed a new high-yielding variety of rai (mustard). Vice-chancellor of the university MK Miglani
The Committee on Agriculture (CoA) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will meet next week to continue discussions on the modalities for negotiating an agreement on agriculture. The Cancun
Pepsi Cola has entered a new retail business segment by launching
The south-west monsoon is retreating from India after having showered plentiful rain on its parched countryside. The prospects are for a strong rebound in agricultural growth after last year's severe
Use of tobacco - be it smoking or chewing, may not be a healthy habit but tobacco waste may soon be a goldmine. The extract components from tobacco wastes are high-value nutraceutical products,
