An international workshop in Chennai on dementia underlines the need to create awareness about the problem and improve treatment options and facilities, especially in developing countries like
The brutal police action against Adivasi encroachers in the protected forests of Wayanad in Kerala highlights two facts: the growing frustration at the A.K. Antony government's broken promises and
The Tamil Nadu government's wasteland development programme, which will pave the way for the entry of corporate giants into the State's agricultural sector, is likely to deprive thousands of farmers
The failure of the monsoons and the insufficient flow of water in the Cauvery lead to a drought of calamitous proportions in the Cauvery delta in Tamil
The all-or-nothing strategy of the developing countries, pursued with the hope of winning major trade battles by offering small concessions in areas like agriculture, faces a stumbling block in the
A cold wave takes a heavy toll of the poor in northern and central India, chiefly among those sections of the population already left vulnerable by economic
Strong protests led by the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha help prevent the international seed company Syngenta from acquiring from India a rich collection of rice germ
The Maharashtra government decides to continue the monopoly procurement scheme for cotton and announces compensation for the families of cotton farmers who committed