Lokmata, a civic group in the south Goa city of Margao got cracking in desilting the city's main drains - work allegedly neglected by the municipal

Non-governmental organisations have been asked to come forward to take the benefits of space technology to the people for their economic uplift and

On April 3, in Washington, Brussels, Delhi, Durban and Sao Paulo, the Global Campaign for Education starts its effort to hold countries accountable for having every child in primary school. The

In Bhalapur, local people, mostly Dalits, have turned barren land into a lush forest. While most big projects funded by foreign agencies are known to displace people, in this Madhya Pradesh. The

The Rajasthan State Literacy Mission Authority has been selected for the prestigious Unesco National Literacy Mission prize for this

The Centre is drawing up an ambitious plan for tribal women wherein they would get land for cultivating medicinal herbs and help produce medicines on a cooperative basis, Union minister of state for

Research scientists at the Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research (NGCPR),have claimed a niche for themselves in the realm of plant science. The Royal Botanical Garden, the Kew Garden, has credited

Report: Of the 130 million illiterate children worldwide, about 25 crore are child labourers, a new report has said. Addressing a press conference, South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude (SACCS)

Specifically mentioning the controversial Sardar Sarovar project, the Gujarat Government has reiterated at an international forum the need to go for big dams, maintaining that micro-watershed

The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board's office in Chepauk was till recently buying water from Chennai Metrowater. For the last one week, the agency stopped doing it. The reason: the