After eight years of research and development and 15 million Euros (15 million dollars) investment, the company presents the CityCat (CAT for Compressed Air technology), producing zero pollution. Guy
Introduction of gasohol may not ease the burgeoning crude import bill for India but give sugar mills a big boost. Blending of ethanol with petrol will become mandatory in its nine states and four
The Kerala hightech Industries Limited (Keltec), a government enterprise, has developed for the first time in India, a three-piece manipulator (remote handler) for handling hazardous nuclear waste.
The call to participate in the BMW Group's seventh Scientific Award has been issued. The theme for the international research prize this year is "Passion for Innovation". University graduates and
India and the United States have decided to create an India-U.S. High Technology Cooperation Group that will tackle the contentious issue of increasing trade in "dual use'' goods and technologies. It
With the genomes of humans and several insects, animals and crop plants mapped or sequenced, biologists are turning their attention to single celled algae no thicker than a human hair. The algae,
The municipalities of Kancheepuram, Namakal, Nellikuppam and Pudukottal in Tamil Nadu have successfully adopted projects for segregating municipal solid wastes (MSW) into biodegradable and
The vicious cycle of illiteracy and underdevelopment is a ground reality in the Uttaranchal. However thanks to the pioneering efforts and innovative approach of voluntary organizations active in the
Water connections to the tanneries of Topsia and Tiljala will be severed following a Supreme Court directive to the KMC (Kolkata Municipal Corporation). Mayor Mr Subrata Mukherjee said : 'We have
Madh Island, the village near Mumbai, the residents are restive. A battle that began in 1992 is not much closer to resolution, a battle for water. The village is mostly populated by fishermen of the
Water Resources Minster H K Patil today said that 20.03 tmc water has been 'ensured' at the Mettur reservoir from October 28 till today and thus, Karnataka has adhered to the Supreme Court's order on
The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs 1.5 crore to Karnataka as additional Central assistance to meet the rural drinking water supply requirements. The state government would utilise
The public of the greater Patacharkuchi area of Assam have demanded development of the existing drinking water supply scheme as the supply of existing plant fails to meet the demand of the people.
In an operation spanning about seven days, the police and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) have conducted 567 raids in Bangalore urban and rural areas, which included 41 petrol bunks.
More than 70 countries will fail to meet essential education targets by 2015, Unesco said, in part blaming poorly directed aid programmes and a looming global teacher shortage. An independent annual
A rain-water harvesting project at indoor stadium in Rajajipuram colony of the Housing and Development board, Lucknow, was dedicated to public by chairman of the board and Principal Secretary Urban
Lakhs of rupees have been unnecessarily spent on cleaning of Chhota Talab of the city but the cleaning of the historic Sagar lake in Madhya Pradesh once constructed by Lakha Banjara has been kept
At the height of omnipresent arsenic contamination in ground water, the people of arsenic-affected areas of Bangladesh have now opted for rainwater as an easy and alternative source of safe drinking
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is considering setting an ordinance requiring large business facilities to do their part to combat global warming by reducing carbon dioxide emissions, according to
Taps in the hinterland have gone dry due to the cash crunch affecting states. It is now up to the Centre to find a way to get drinking water flowing from these taps or hand pumps. Officials of the
