Maintaining that scientists had social responsibility, founder director of the Centre for cellular and molecular biology PM Bhargava called upon them to "lobby for the good of the society." Referring
The Icrisat has won the prestigious 'King Baudouin award" conferred by the Consultative group on international agricultural research for its excellence in chickpea(channa) improvement. The award,
Using sugar-making genes from a common bacterium, biologists have created a strain of rice that is more resistant to drought, cold and salt water, perhaps enabling farmers to grow it in places that
A research group led by UW Madison genetics professor Tomas A. Prolla, and Medical School Professor Richard Weindruch, reports in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the results of a
An almost empty Upper House on Wednesday took up the issue of suicides among farmers. The call attention motion, moved by Mr. Janeshwar Mishra, was, however, restricted to reported suicides committed
Member states of the World Intellectural Property Organisation (WIPO)called for a further expansion in technical assistance programs to developing countries offered under the Organisation's
When it comes to the issues of globalisation, development and modernisation in India, the one comparison people are inclined to make involves China. This is because the two countries are extremely
PANJIM, NOV 21 The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) has ranked Goa as the third best performing and developed State and the first best investment attractive State out of the 16 small States
It was an interactive session of a different kind with masses exchanging views with eminent scientists at the National Institute of Nutrition. The NIN opened its gates to brief people about the
The discharge of pollutants by the merchant vessels and the industrial units in the River Karnaphuli (Bangladesh) has reduced to a great extent due to strong surveillance and continuous drive by
The war of words between the Centre and the Delhi Government may be making people apprehensive about the success of the upcoming Delhi Metro Rail project, but a study conducted on traffic and
It is an ambitious project with the best names in the business to take technology to rural areas. Media Lab Asia is a research laboratory backed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with
The amount of poisonous gases in the atmosphere is being reduced and the credit goes to the environmentalists and the efforts of the Supreme Court. The continuos efforts of the environmentalist has
With International attention focused increasingly on the rising pollution graph, the multi-faceted ecological movement "Welcome environ" will hold the Horti-Environ Fair in Delhi on November 30 and
As the two major areas for deeper liberalisation in the upcoming Doha Development Round of the WTO remain agriculture and services, which are critical export sectors in India, New Delhi should "speak
In another major revision of the government's role in regulating the environment, the Bush administration has proposed new rules for planning the management of 192 million acres of federal forests
The Bush administration will unveil a new federal forest management plan that would drop a requirement to monitor endangered species and eliminate environmental impact statements when revising forest
The Madras High Court has ordered notice to the Union and State departments of Environment and Forests, as well as the National Highways Authority, on a public interest litigation petition seeking
Wildlife experts and officials are embarking on a tiger census in Royal Shukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal's far-western region beginning this week. The reserve supports the most dense
Dolkha District Development Committee (DDC), (Nepal) has proposed to develop around sic hundred hectares forest area in its northern belt as Rolwaling National Park (RNP), so as to protect endangered
