Developed countries have 'hotels' and haute couture for pampered pets. In Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world, bird lovers have begun a unique initiative to save the endangered vulture by building 'restaurants', Nepal's official... More

WaterHealth International Friday announced launching of the 'blue revolution', aimed at brining potable water to roughly two billion people worldwide with little or no access to safe drinking water. WorldHealth International, which held its... More

NASA said it would re-evaluate its psychological tests after a female astronaut was charged with attempting to murder her rival for the affections of a fellow astronaut. Lisa Nowak, 43, who operated a robotic arm on a shuttle mission last year,... More

Delhi High Court Thursday refused permission to the city government to sterilize monkeys before relocating them to a 100-acre natural habitat in the southern part of the national capital. Coming to the rescue of the monkeys, caught on the... More

India should restrain from giving a thumbs-up to the electronics sector, which generates waste leading to contamination of groundwater and rivers, leading global organisation Greenpeace warned Thursday. India is witnessing an explosive... More

Cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells performed better than expected during a two-year test in Singapore, but the vehicles are not likely to be commercially viable until 2015, DaimlerChrysler said Wednesday. Six Mercedes-Benz A-class subcompact... More

At least a third of Madhya Pradesh's forest committees will now be headed by women while in the remaining two-third the vice president will be a woman, said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. "The appointment of a woman would be ensured on... More

In what experts called one of the worst internet attacks since 2002, unknown hackers on Tuesday targeted three of the 13 root servers that direct traffic on the internet, disabling them for 12 hours before computer scientists overcame the problem. ... More

Scientists are looking at ways to permanently infuse fabrics with a fragrance that can survive washings. John Pierce, an associate professor of psychology at the Philadelphia University, and other researchers are trying to find ways to scent up... More

A Delhi-based environment and development agency that has been promoting natural dyes in India will be among the 10 finalists competing for a UN-supported award. The India-Canada Environment Facility (ICEF) was chosen for the SEED (Supporting... More