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The Power Finance Corp has recently initiated a programme to enhance energy efficiency by installing capacitors to harness the reactive load in transmission systems
The Power Finance Corp has recently initiated a programme to enhance energy efficiency by installing capacitors to harness the reactive load in transmission systems
A draft national policy guideline for the allocation of river waters has run into strong opposition from the states
The interests of Agra and its citizens must figure prominently in any effort to save the Taj
Villages on its path prepare for the recurrent misery of inundation as an apathetic government looks on
A professor in the department of chemistry, Delhi University, K V Sane has been instrumental in organising and directing a project on locally produced low cost equipment for chemical education that is sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Appli
THE much-publicised winds of change supposedly sweeping through the official corridors in India seem to have passed by its scientific institutions. The latest evidence of this comes from the turmoil
Gouditikra in Orissa provides a model of how community participation can transform a village
In recent years, scientists have closed in on cancer, pinning down precisely how its hellish manifestations are caused and spread. Their findings mean a whole new way of looking at and treating the killer disease
The role of dais, traditional Indian midwives, is being reevaluated as modern medicine finds their lore ideally suited to Indian conditions
Madhya Pradesh took a head start in implementing the 3 tier panchayati raj. But lack of finances might just undo the transfer of power to the people
An Indian scientist has developed a process to refine low grade coal to prevent its residue of fly ash
Wetland management is drawing increasing flak for advocating misdirected conservation strategies and disregarding local needs
OVER the years, the application of chemical fertilisers has grown vertiginously in India. In percentage terms, however, this spectacular rise has left far behind the growth in food production,
Increased incomes, innovative financing schemes, short-sighted policies and wasteful attitudes have led to an enormous amount of energy being squandered
C DOT is transforming the way rural India communicates
Moulded plastic handles enable the farmers of the Tahirpur leprosy colony in Delhi to harvest high yields
Dais use symbolic associations to ease childbirth
The 73rd Constitution Amendment Act makes it mandatory for states to implement the 3 tiered panchayati raj
Concerned about the pollution from combusting coal to generate power, the departments of science and technology and coal have set up a core group of bureaucrats and scientists to identify clean-coal
Developing countries should opt for solar water heaters