An action plan for doubling horticultural production in the State within the period of 1998-2008 has been formulated by the Department of Agriculture/Horticulture, Government of Meghalaya. According
There has been a three-fold increase in Kerala's population since 1941 despite a sharp fall in birth rate, according to a report by State Economics and Statistics
The Supreme Court stayed the despatch of polio vaccine produced by public sector Haffkine Bio-Pharma Corporation Ltd for a week, pending a response from the Centre to ensure that 430 vials were still
Sterlite Industries has said it is seeking legal advice on the further course of action in the wake of the Madras High Court's judgement. The company, in a press release issued, said that it has
The Orissa state government has set itself the task of eradicating severe malnutrition among children in the year 2001. The intensive programme, launched on the Children's Day, seeks to reach
The Supreme Court, hearing the cases relating to dyeing and bleaching units in Tirupur and Karur on pollution issue on Monday, adjourned further hearing to December 7 next, according to the Tirupur
The Centre has tied up with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) "to ensure adequate extension of reforms in the industrial and financial services to the whole field of rural development".
Anti-trust talks under way : Monsanto Co and the US Justice Department are negotiating to resolve anti-trust concerns over seed technology related to the company's proposed $ 2.3 billion acquisition
In a major breakthrough, the Hyderabad based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has developed a new technique for isolation of DNA from scat (faecal matter) of lions and tigers, which
In the modern competitive world of industry, trade, finance, banking, management and information, where breathtaking changes are taking place, tension stalks every individual worth his adrenalin. The
A World Bank-assisted Rs 60 crore malaria control programme will be implemented in 10 districts of Andhra Pradesh shortly, health minister N. Janardhana Reddy said. An action plan had beeen prepared
African leaders on Wednesday lamented poverty, the scourage of HIV/AIDS and festering conflicts across Africa, the world's poorest continent, and made impassioned appeals for global
Now, AIDS counselling is being made available on Internet also. On World AIDS Day, the Karnataka Minister for Home and Wakf, Mr. Roshan Beg, launched the Green Universe website in Bangalore for
A book on women's health, "Nari Viggyan" (All About Being a Woman), authored by Dr. Yatish Agarwal and Ms. Rekha Agarwal, has been chosen by the Union Health Ministry for this year's national award
In an ominous portent for the already floundering state economy, the World Bank has removed Maharashtra from its position of top priority state in the country. Citing flouting of norms, the Bank
A NASA ER-2 aircraft set a new world altitude record for medium weight aircraft on Nov. 19, 1998, reaching 68,700 feet, almost twice the cruising altitude of most airliners. The new world record was
Greenpeace, Russia addressed the Governor of the Krasnojarsky region, Alexander Lebed, with an open letter, associated with his decision to suspend Zheleznogorsky chemical mining plant's activities
Despite an improved harvest in North Korea, the country will enter 1999 with a large food deficit and will need to import 1.35 million tonnes of food grain, including 1.05 million tonnes as food
Unicef yesterday cautioned India against the "epidemic of HIV/AIDS," which has infected an estimated 3.5 million people in the country, and said the pattern was familiar with that of Africa, where
The production and sale of 'shahtoosh' shawls will not be banned in Jammu and Kashmir despite such an order in force elsewhere in the country, the state's Industries and Commerce Minister, Mr. Bodh
