The Mekong river flowing through six South-East Asian countries is to be arrested by the planned construction of nearly 76 dams. The Mekong Watch Network (MWN) a coalition of NGOs,
At last the Gujarat government has announced a cash award for those educating the masses about the need for planting trees and taking care of them. The award carries a sum of Rs 70,000. To be
The dying art of the Santhal craftsman miniature Chadar Badar wooden puppets, tucked into their thatched roof in Dumka, Bihar, caught the eye of photojournalist and filmmaker Ravi Kant Dwivedi. In
Even the tiniest microbes could help spruce up our foul environment when let loose on domestic waste. Researchers in Delhi are now advocating the use of this miniscule life form to solve the huge problem of urban waste. These tiny do gooders do not
FOR an urban Indian centre of the mid '90s, the chief interest of the film The Village Republic lies in the excitement at the variety of experiments by villagers to control their resources. The film
The Central Council of Research in Ayurveda and Siddha (CCRAS), Delhi, has developed several drugs from herbal extracts and found them effective in the treatment of many diseases. One of them is
Bowing to the pressure of the Dakshina Kannada fisherfolk in Karnataka, the state government has finally directed Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) to instal a modern recycling plant