For the second straight year, the Snake river in Washington state was labeled the nation's most endangered river by American Rivers, an environmental group. American Rivers said the designation, made

Many adverse findings from the Pak Moon dam construction came sharply into focus yesterday in a study report of the World Commission on Dams. The Pak Moon report is one of the eight case studies

NASA's aging Galileo spacecraft today swept closer than ever before past Jupiter's volcanic moon Io, surviving the intense radiation without the computer shutdowns that marred previous

Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) has contested its competitor Tata Engineering by saying that exhaust emissions from petrol vehicles have far less ill effects on health than emissions from diesel vehicles. In

A decision on the fate of diesel engined cars in the National Capital Region of Delhi is being delayed by the clash between Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka over the Almatti Dam waters issue in the

NASA managers set Oct. 5 as the launch date for Discovery on a mission that will initiate the heart of construction for the International Space Station (ISS), as the shuttle carries aloft a nine-ton

A multi-purpose Rs 35 crore pilot project, considered to be the first of its kind in the world, to convert ocean thermal energy into electricity was getting underway 60 km off Tuticorin Coast in

The Central Ground Water Board (CGWA) has suggested intensive ground water exploration to permanently solve the recurring drought situation in western Orissa. A report prepared by the CGWA on

The state government plans to embark on a 600-km, Rs 1,470-crore pipeline project to carry 2,500 million litres drinking water a day from the Mahi river in Central Gujarat to the arid regions of