Missile launch site to be set up at machilipatnam
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be establishing a long-range missile launch and testing site at Machilipatnam in coastal AP, said DRDO DG and scientific adviser to defenc
Hussainsagar was choked on September 29
Hussainsagar suffered a condition called hypoxia on September 29! Sources said that analysis of samples drawn from the lake by the State Pollution Control Board to study the effect of immersing Ganesh
Comparisons stall second marriages
Second marriages do not always work out as experts say that new partners invariably start comparing events in previous marriages with their current relationships. This is what precisely happened to Ha
IAF to acquire 22 combat copters
The Indian Air Force is all set to get more wings. The IAF had floated a global tender for 22 combat helicopters aimed at substituting its old Russian-made Mi 35 helicopters.
India to buy 22 Apaches
The Indian Air Force is all set to get more wings. The IAF had floated a global tender for 22 combat helicopters aimed at substituting its old Russian-made Mi-35 helicopters. US-based Boeing has emer
Fast food joints pollute more than buses, cars
There’s much more to fast food joints than piping hot, low-priced, quick-fix snacks. For instance, ‘grab and go’, fast food joints with their griddles and deep fat fryers, generate much more pollution
APPCB seeks lawyer as cases pile up
The AP Pollution Control Board has urged the Advocate-General of AP High Court to send it a panel of advocates from which it could select somebody who could represent it at various courts and Appella
Electroplating units worse than toxic idols
More than three months after the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board asked over 250 electroplating industries to shift out of Hyderabad for flushing their untreated effluents into the Hussainsagar,
Fridges now on pollution radar
Disposal of refrigeration compressors containing chloro fluoro carbons (CFCs) and hydro chloro fluoro carbons (HCFCs) will now be brought on the radar of the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board. O
Missile shield faces a test
While talk of India developing a ballistic missile defence system or a Ballistic Missile Shield have been doing the rounds since 1997 or so, it was only recently that the top brass of Defence Research