The Tambaram Municipality, Kancheepuram District Exnora and Exnora Green Cross, Vellore, launched the Zero Solid Waste Management Programme at the Air Force Station, Tambaram, Tamil Nadu, the first

The United Nations Environment Programme has elected Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh International, to its Global 500 Roll of Honour for his outstanding contributions to the protection of

Cases have been booked against four persons, including Killiyur MLA Kumaradoss son, in connection with the recent poaching of a sambhar in the Veerapuli reserve forest area at Lower Kodayar range in

In an attempt to effectively enforce the ban on cattle rearing in the Chennai city limits, the Chennai Corporation has decided to sell the impounded cattle from this week through tender. Thus far,

With the United Nations having designated 2003 as the International Year of Freshwater, it is important that we take stock of our global freshwater supply and how this may affect fish prodution in

The Chennai Corporation will soon have a Green Cell to give a concerted thrust to its efforts in mass greening the city. The new unit, to be set up on the lines of the Rainwater Harvesting Cell, will

Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa advocated sustainable agriculture and integrated farm practices to combat

The self help group movement for women has proved to be catalyst in the transformation of rural economy. The impact is to be quantified yet, still the role it has played so far in individual cases

The task force on drought situation headed by Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, has decided to allot additional foodgrains to drought affected states and continue transporting fodder and water by

The Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Vidyasagar Rao, has called upon entrepreneurs to aggressively promote organic farming in the country. Inaugurating a seminar on herbal medicines