The International environment organisation Greenpeace yesterday said the Belgian government had "arrested" a bulk carrier docked at Antwerp on reports that it had hazardous materials on board and was

In Raj Samadhiyala village, Rajkot, Gujarat, there is no dearth of water, every child goes to school, and has its very own code of conduct _ Raj samadhiyala Penal Code. Villagers pay fines for

Action India, launched by three prominent US-based non-resident Indians (NRIs), promises to blossom into the most ambitious non-governmental endeavour by overseas Indians to accelerate social and

The Union ministry of social justice and employment is unhappy with the performance of NGOs because of their limited reach and their furnishing of non-viable projects under various welfare schemes,

It is remarkable that non-governmental organisations are today involved in 52 per cent of World Bank's projects around the world, according to the World Bank's Annual Report 1999. There has been a

Unicef selects Kohat as model district : United Nations International Children Education Fund (Unicef) has selected Kohat (Pakistan) as a model district for achieving the target of 100 per cent

Over 350 million Indians will enter the new millennium unable to read or write and 67 million children have no access to basic education. Such is the dismal state of affairs according to the United

The space shuttle Discovery's rescue mission to the Hubble Space Telescope has been pushed back again so that workers can replace a dented fuel

Gakhet VDC, a remote village located in Nepal, is being developed as UN VDC. The VDC lag far behind in education,transport and communication

Farmers in Karnataka use honge oil to run borewells-- a report.