Roof over roads to tap solar power?
byGandhinagar, March 31 (IANS) India’s major roads may double up as solar highways, if an innovative proposal by some scientists gets the government’s approval….
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(After 2) Right to Education haunted by teacher shortage? (April 1 is the 3rd anniversary of RTE Act’s implementation)
byNew Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Three years since it came into being and promised free and compulsory education to all children in the 6-14…
Zoos with poor facilities may lose elephants
byNew Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Zoos that can’t provide enough space and proper facilities for the upkeep of elephants – one of the star…
New screening method to detect invasive species in water bodies
byWashington, March 31 (IANS) Scientists have combined two new technologies to create a unique surveillance tool that could track and detect invasive aquatic species…
Scientists developing blood-cleansing technology
byWashington: US scientists are developing a blood-cleansing technology to treat life-threatening blood infections in critically-injured soldiers and patients. The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired…
US University, AISFM agree on exchange programme
byHyderabad, March 31 (IANS) The US’s Northwestern University’s School of Communication and Annapurna International School of Film and Media (AISFM) have joined hands for…
Cut salt intake, exercise to avoid high BP
byShruti Jain was a busy working mother juggling children, work and household chores with aplomb, until she suddenly collapsed in office one day. Diagnosed…
Water for the gods – now being conserved in temples
byJaipur, March 31 (IANS) An astrologer and social activist has turned the religious practice of offering water and milk in temples into a unique…
Manipur’s HIV-affected women suffer for husband’s sins (Feature)
byImphal, March 31 (IANS) For Rachel, 34, the journey from being an abandoned child to a widow, whose emaciated body battles HIV and cancer,…
‘Mandela now breathing without difficulty’
byJohannesburg, March 31 (IANS) Nelson Mandela was breathing without difficulty, South Africa’s presidency said Saturday, as he spent third day in the hospital due…