GM files clean-air suit
General Motors, the US carmaker, and some of its regional dealers have filed suit against California, challenging the state's clean-air mandate for vehicles.
U.S. doubts rise on North Korean nuclear project
The multibillion-dollar nuclear energy program at the heart of reconciliation efforts between North and South Korea faces its most severe test under the new administration in Washington. In the face of North Korean threats to jettison its agreement to halt efforts to develop nuclear weapons in exchange for technical and …
Bright lights, big bill
India's Maharashtra state gives the power to the people-but hardly anyone can afford it. "More than 600 small manufacturers have already closed down because of high electricity bills," says Ashwin Treasurer, owner of an electronic component factory.
End of the line
Afghanistan's three year drought is scorching the earth and killing its children. Now millions of refugees are pouring into camps that offer little food, water or medical aid.
'Converted' buses fail the test'
The only two buses which were converted by the private bus contractors to CNG have been bought back by Nugas Technologies Ltd, the lone company in charge of the conversions in Delhi. The buses are said to have performed badly.
Bivoltine technology successfully implemented
The Central Silk Board, in association with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has successfully implemented the "Bivoltine Sericulture Technology Development Project" in eight selected places of Karnataka in order to promote and popularize the high quality silk variety-Bivoltine silk.
Physicists report a small step toward prize of superconductivity
A team of Japanese physicists has reported making a resistance-free electrical conductor from a cheap metallic compound at a record high temperature, opening a new horizon in efforts to realize the enormous potential of one of the world's exotic technologies.
Siliguri samples sent to US centre
The West Bengal government seized on the absence of fresh admission to hospitals to claim that the situation was improving in Siliguri after the outbreak of a mystery disease, but panic continued to drive people out of the town.
Jurassic park in Patagonia
In the province of Chubut, southwestern Argentina, paleontologists are studying what one described as "a veritable Jurassic Park." High on an arid plateau in Patagonia, they turned up fossilized remains of dinosaurs, flying reptiles, sea turtles and a mammal, all from the Jurassic period 150-160 million years ago.
Baby, it's you! and you, and you
Renegade scientists say they are ready to start applying the technology of cloning to human beings. At this moment the research which is proceeding underground, unaccountable, poses a real threat. The risk lies not just with potential babies born deformed, as many animal clones are; not just with desperate couples …