Also opposes DJB’s pleas regarding water shortage in Capital The Haryana government has claimed that the Delhi High Court does not have the jurisdiction to decide on the Yamuna water-sharing dispute
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has chalked up a series of programmes to mark the International Year of the Ocean, which is being observed this year. The
Experts have confirmed the spread of a deadly haemorragic fever, that has already killed hundreds of people in north-eastern Kenya, to areas within 100 miles of the capital,
Greenpeace protested against Chilean plans to allow a major logging project in the rain forest of the far southern Tierra Del Fuego region. Members of the group demonstrated in the capital in front
The role of environmental sanitation in curbing the incidence of Enteric Viral Hepatitis and other water borne epidemics came into sharp focus at a continuing medical education (CME) programme,
The West Bengal Power Minister. Mr. Sankar Sen, expressed his concern over the increasing focus on coal-based thermal power generation in the country, leading to environmental pollution by way of
A nation wide programme aimed at facilitating the elimination of leprosy has got derailed thanks to the election campaign. The programme, which envisaged bringing out the large number of leprosy
A recent survey conducted among some 3,000 school children in Rajasthan has recealed that while seven per cent urban children were suffering from asthma, it afflicted 10 per cent of the rural
A voice-operated wheelchair that understands vocal commands and directs the chair accordingly, has been developed by Indian scientists. The controlling system of the chair can understand vocal
Russian researchers have developed a new detergent for cleaning and degreasing machinery parts during operation and repair work. The highly efficient and environmentally safe detergent is said to
With a view to countering rising incidence of poaching and illegal trade and wide-ranging threats detrimental to tiger habitats in major tiger range countries of Nepal, Bhutan, India, Bangladesh and
