Researchers have unearthed fossilized ants dating back 92 million years, which means the omnipresent insects have been on the Earth more than twice as long as previously thought. Each find is

Mr. P R Kuppusamy, convener of the Committee for Protection of the Cauvery, based in Karur in Central Tamil Nadu, agonises that all his work of years now stand imperilled. In his latest missive

Study : Detailed field studies conducted by the Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment have found that even two years after the legislation imbued panchayat raj institutions (PRIs) with

In Hulikal, Karnataka, 284 sturdy banyan trees that line a 5 km stretch owe their existence to Thimmaka and her late husband, Chikkayya. This simple village woman is today hailed by environmentalists

The winner of this year's prestigious G.D. Madgulkar award, Sadhanatai Amte, wife of social activist Baba Amte, is a remarkable person in her own right : a

The Action for Welfare and Awakening in Rural Environment (AWARE), a Hyderabad based non-governmental organisation, received a serious setback when the Delhi High Court restrained it from disposing

The Indian Grasslands and Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI) an affiliate of ICAR has demonstrated to farmers at Sarkar and Ambabai villages in Jhansi and in Awas village of Shivpuri district in MP ,

NGOs are once again under a cloud. This time, the Dutch Government --funding multi-crore water supply and sanitation projects in Uttar Pradesh - has terminated its contract with an NGO, Programme

The Maharashtra government's decision to release anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare barely two weeks after he was imprisoned on charges of defamation has again focussed attention on the scourage of

Astronomers aided by a precocious amateur have discovered two more planets orbiting sun like stars, including one with the most Earth like orbit of any of the new worlds detected so far. The