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Interview with Sriramamurthy Suri, founder and director National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR), Hyderabad About NIAR Our institute was established in 1983 to create awareness and
Interview with Sriramamurthy Suri, founder and director National Institute of Amateur Radio (NIAR), Hyderabad About NIAR Our institute was established in 1983 to create awareness and
Plants of Salicornia species thrive in saline soils and can feed humans, animals and industry
CLEANER CONVERTER: A new catalytic converter that reduces harmful exhaust emissions from diesel engines has been developed by Toyota Motor Corporation. The clean exhaust technology called Diesel
British scientists have evolved a way to make enzymes more tenacious and alter their activity
<img src="../files/images/20070331/30.jpg" ="inedible" align="left"/> Eating habits, cooking habits, cuisines have changed, are changing, across the country, across social strata, across the rural-urban divide. And for anybody’s money, it isn’t a change to inspire confidence in the future of public health.<br>
A brief outline of the challenges of sustainable development in India
Rice and wheat yields are falling. To check it a new initiative has been taken
The Chinese government's programme to achieve a "visible improvement" in the country's air quality within a span of 18 months, may be fulfilled four months earlier than expected. This is because the
IN SPITE of the worldwide controversy over the continuing use of pesticides, the World Bank (WB) has diluted its norms related to pesticides and pest management policy. The wb's attitude was roundly
A waste byproduct earlier, banana peels are now hailed as a new source of biogas
The winter session of parliament may have been truncated. It also got underway against the backdrop of the recent assembly elections as well as scandals involving former Union minister of state for
The milk producers agitation in Maharashtra remains unresolved. The state-wide milk bandh in the last week of June, demanding a price hike for buffalo milk, has brought to the fore a politically
• At the first African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology for Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, ministers from 20 African governments committed to pursue all
It is a gene therapy for cancer
hiv -positive mothers double the risks of passing hiv to their babies through breast milk, suggests a controversial South African study. Breastfeeding is believed to be the best prevention
A series of elephant killings has exposed the lack of adequate measures for protecting wildlife at the Amboseli National Park which borders Tanzania. The latest victim was discovered less than 1.6 km
Walking on 2 legs is probably the most fundamental feature that distinguishes humans from their closest kin, the chimpanzee -- certainly, much more so than language, culture or technology. The
The use of kerosene for lighting and biomass for cooking is predominant throughout rural India. And since provision of grid electricity to rural India is still a far cry, there is an urgent need to develop alternative sources of liquid fuels for lighting
that Asia is being used as a dumping ground for the developed world's rubbish has been brought to the fore yet again. A us 200-tonne shipment of waste has wound its way to the port of Hong
Research into the reasons for obesity is breaking new grounds, but conclusive evidence linking genetic factors to fat content in the body is still not forthcoming