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
In a rare gesture aimed at discouraging use of recycled plastic bags, hundreds of school children joined hands and collected more than 5,000 kg of plastic bags of less than 20 micron for destroying
A Cancer preventing compound in Broccoli, first isolated a decade ago at Johns Hopkins, may protect against a much broader spectrum of diseases.
Even five years after the Tamil Nadu Government spotted hundreds of child labourers, most of them continue to toil in hazardous industries, while a Rs. 4.74 crore fund created for their
Sayed E. Hasnain, Director of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, has been selected for the 11th G.D. Birla Award for scientific research for the year 2001. A recipient of
The European Commission has approved a grant of Euro 25.5 million to the Aga Khan Foundation in India to support community based rural development. The grant will contribute towards a long term
The Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Yashodhararaje Scindia, has said it is the job of every conscious citizen to join the initiative for building awareness for the prevention of cancer. She was
The eminent environmentalist, Lester Brown, has called for reconstructing the global economy, including changes in the tax system, to ensure sustainable development. Seeking a paradigm shift in the
The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee hit out at developed countries for not doing enough to take forward the movement for sustainable development and emphasised that removal of poverty should be
Smoking in the premises of the High Court and district and subordinate courts will be banned, following an order by the Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, comprising the Chief Justice,
The UNICEF has agreed in principle to launch a project for protecting women's right to life and health care in Dausa, Tonk and Rajsamand districts of Rajasthan. The project was earlier operative in
