<div class="field field-type-text field-field-intro"> <p><em>Insurance companies, Indian government are the mainstay of the tobacco-driven company</em></p> </div> <p>It is fairly well known that ITC
CADILLAC IN AUTORACE: Traditional American luxury automaker Cadillac will compete in the grueling 24-hour Le Mans auto race in June 2000. Cadillac officials, who disclosed their plans at the Geneva
With government efforts proving inadequate, private organisations recycle the lion's share of urban waste in India.
fuel treatment: Japanese scientists have developed a new fuel treatment that could reduce emissions from truck diesel engines. The technology could allow vehicle manufacturers to meet new emission
Twenty nine workers were killed in a landslide at the Tehri dam. The contractor building the dam has blamed the weak mountains for the incident. Many experts agree that the mountains of the region are fragile. The dam will have a huge reservoir that wou
Experts have given conflicting reports on the Tehri dam
BEING market savvy is what business is all about. And green's the word in business today. Keeping up with the times, some companies have already gone "green'. How to go about informing the lay public
Municipal authorities in Delhi deny they were responsible for the deaths of eight people caused by contaminated water
Doubts cloud foreign firm s hepatitis drug tests in India
ALTERNATIVE FUEL: An Indian company, Motor Medics (India) Ltd (MIL) and a Canadian firm, Alternative Fuel Systems (AFS), have signed an agreement to sell and later manufacture systems which
A plan to restrict import of bananas from Latin American countries is being opposed tooth and nail by the Germans.
1973 • Chipko is born when villagers of Mandal, near Gopeshwar, led by Chandi Prasad Bhatt and the Dasholi Gram Swarajya Mandal, stop contractors of an Allahabad-based sports goods company,
CANCER VACCINE: Researchers at the Kanazawa University and Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy in Japan claim to have developed a cancer vaccine that boosts the body's capacity to build anti-cancer immune
A new test will determine if an adolescent faces the risk of substance abuse in the future
The world is getting fatter, sicker
DAM FAILURE: Boliden, a Canadian mining company, blamed falling metal prices and costs associated with a dam rupture for the company's second-quarter loss. Pre-tax losses were $52.1 million compared
JONATHAN LASH heads the Washington based World Resource Institute WRI and is the co chairperson of the Presidential Commission on Sustainable Development. Lash came to New Delhi in November 1994 to release The Second India Revisited, a WRI study exami
In February, 100 odd people got together at the quaint little town of Baramati. All had a common goal: to exchange ideas on the use of information and communication technologies ICT for development. Tucked away in the heart of south Maharashtra s sugar
SIDE-EFFECTS: The France-based Roche Holding AC, has planned to withdraw its drug for high blood pressure, Posicor, as its interaction with other medicines is poor. Long term clinical trials have
As the world follows the Akatsuki Maru and its 1.3 tonnes of plutonium oxide on its controversial trans oceanic journey from France to Japan, Tokyo has to decide whether it will continue its trade in this highly toxic material.
