Tamarind seeds has antiviral properties and can potentially be used to develop antiviral medication for chikungunya, according to a research by Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee. The research conducted
The Department of Urban Development has proposed to set up industrial township authorities in Peenya (Bangalore), Mangalore, Tumkur and Hubli-Dharwad in the first phase of a project being undertaken
Kerala's health and animal husbandry department officials have taken up preventive measures in areas of Kannur district against the dreaded anthrax disease following reports of animals there
Once again appealing to the Centre to give immediate attention to the drought situation in Karnataka State, Chief Minister S M Krishna and Home Minister Mallikharjun Kharge today submitted to Deputy
Enthused by the success of the cloud seeding project to get artificial rains, the State government has placed an order with the US-based Weather Modifications Inc., (WMI) to supply one more radar.
In a bid to curb the trend of farmers resorting to suicides due to the impact of drought, the Karnataka State Cabinet decided to give more authority as well as responsibility to village panchayats in
Two villages in Karnataka, one common problem. While the people of Murugoda in Belgaum have erected a statue to invoke the rain gods, the villagers of Belageri in Hubli district have desilted the
Haveri in Karnataka has the dubious distinction of having the highest number of child labourers in Karnataka State. They are not fortunate like most other children. School, to them, is an unheard of
There is a population explosion in Sri Chamara-jendra Zoological Gar-dens, Mysore! The number of spotted deer has gone up to 450. But as per the guidelines, the zoo can only house a maximum of 20
This year's flood has kicked off the debate whether Orissa should have a second dam over the Mahanadi. As usual, the Mahanadi river system has inflicted maximum damage to a large majority of the
Sugarcane crop in vast acres of land has come under wooly aphid (a kind of mite) attack in nine districts of Karnataka State. Last year, the mite menace was restricted only to Belgaum district. About
