The flood situation in Assam worsened today with over 27,000 people affected in more than 70 villages across the state. Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in its daily flood report
Punukula was just another sleepy village in Andhra Pradesh's Khammam district till word spread about a quiet revolution taking place there. Now farmers from across the state are trooping in to see
An army of creepy crawlies have invaded Mizoram. Caterpillars in hordes are feasting on standing rice crops, so mush so that the government has sounded a famine alert. Officials say the damage could
Uttaranchal villagers learn to harness an existing resource to light up their lives. In Sahaspur, a tiny hamlet of five families about 30 km from Dehradun, the steady electric glow of tungsten is
The FSI's 'State of Forest Report 2001' says forest cover in India has increased by six per cent as per the lates assessment. However, this is still afar cry from the government's long-term target of
Drought is a 'boring' ritual for India, visiting thousands of villages, affecting the lives of many millions. In this election year too, the ritual is in full tilt. Village after village in
The tribak vilalge of Chandapur in Surat has decided it'll be free of the state government. Ar a gram sabha last week, Chandapurians resolved they owuld decide whent he sabha would be held and not
The Indian Institute for Environmental Medicine checked several branded and unbranded ayurvedic remedies for harmful metals. Several were present in dangerous
The Rural Innovations Network (RIN), a Chennai-based non-profit organisation established in 2001, hunts down rural innovators and turns their efforts into marketable options. RIN was started by Paul
Plastic has become the modern world's most versatile man-made material. But it's also its worst environmental nightmare. The use of plastic has been roundly condemned the world over by
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) stands vindicated in its campaign against the two cola giants. In August 2003, it made public its findings that 12 brands of Pepsi and Coca-Cola tested by
