A campaign to save trees not only stops deforestation but also earns forex for scores of tribal farmers

From now on, McDonald's-uk will be sourcing its coffee beans from farms certified by the New York-based global non-profit Rainforest Alliance. Starting January 10, 2007, all McDonald restaurants in

the Chhattisgarh government's plan to develop Naya Raipur as the new capital has generated a lot of controversy. A five-year old ban by the government on the sale and purchase of land in 27 villages

in a volte face, the West Bengal chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, has announced the withdrawal of the notification for land acquisition in Nandigram that had triggered a violent agitation in

It was the year rural India's agony gnawed at the conscience of the Government after farmers took desperate measures to voice their plight. Over 8,000 farmers committed suicide in the last decade due to repeated crop failures, inability to meet the rising cost of cultivation, and indebtedness.