Scientists in the burgeoning field of artificial life have reached a major milestone, creating a computerized system that automatically creates, evolves, improves and finally builds a variety of
Supreme Court tells Krishna: The Karnataka government on Friday suffered a serious setback in its efforts to secure release of thespian Rajkumar with the Supreme Court refusing to allow the release
Some 230 rivers including 57 international rivers carry 1.7 to 2.00 billion tons of silt every year. The length of these 230 rivers is 2400 kilometre within the Bangladesh territory. The sources of
Centre will soon grant full freedom to state governments to approve mining plans for 29 non-metallic minerals, which have been opened up for foreign participation. The Centre's decision to empower
The ACTU has warned business that unions woulduse their clout to force superannuation funds to invest workers' money in more environmentallyfriendly and socially responsible industries. ACTU
The Environment Agency (EA) has published its national strategy to combat excessive enrichment of the aquatic environment by nutrients.The document, Aquatic eutrophication in England and Wales: a
Executives of nearly 50 MNCs signed up to a UN programme aimed at protecting workers and the environment in countries where governments fail or are unable to do the
Fifteen people have died of encephalitis disease this month in the eastern districts of Uttar Pradesh, minister for medical health Ramapati Shastri said on
The probe into the tiger tragedy at the Nandankanan zoo has taken a new turn with the Central team defending the zoo authorities decision to administer a toxic drug like Bernyl to the Royal Bengal
Japanese scientists have discovered an artificial enzyme that could be useful in treating leukaemia, a report in Nature said.Laboratory tests on mice with the cancer had been successful, the team led
More than 300 people trekked to the Bobcaygeon community centre yesterday afternoon to find out what they could do to stop the expansion of a landfill site near Lindsay, northeast of Toronto. The
Sixty metres underground in the diamond town of Kimberley, South Africa, 10 men are hard at work in a tunnel. The men are busy harvesting mushrooms. The two-year old Diamond Mushroom Farm was the
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. said it signed an agreement it hopes will improve strained relations with indigenous tribes living near the the company's vast mining operations in Indonesia's
A private member's Bill, which seeks to strictly enforce the two-children norm and debar members of the public flouting it from contesting elections and holding office, was introduced in the Rajya
The Madhya Pradesh government is planning to formulate small-scale forest produce (Laghu Vanopai) policy. The policy, sources say, will be aimed at protecting the interest of the tribals and those
In Parassinikkadavu, a sleepy hamlet 16 kms off Kannur town in northern Kerala, people haven't stopped counting the bodies. As on Thursday, the count shows 23 crocodile hatchlings, a monkey, a cobra,
For the third time in recent weeks, federal agents on Tuesday removed hundreds of lobster traps set by an Indian group in an ongoing dispute over fishing rights.Two Indian boats trying to deter the
The three-day South-East Asia regional conference of Health Ministers, which concluded in Kathmandu, has called for rational and effective response to HIV/AIDS from all member countries. Another
Scientists have identified the first human gene that may be linked to pheromones, odorless molecules that in other animals trigger primal urges including sex, defense and kinship. In experiments at
Martha Ketelle's task is to make the White River National Forest the best of all possible worlds for both, as well as the wildlife that roam its vast expanse of wilderness."With the increasing
