COIMBATORE: Arecanut farmers have urged the state government to open a direct procurement centre in Coimbatore district.

Blaming also the lack of maintenance of the premises for the raised saplings wilting away, farmers remark that the horticulture department may well have given away the saplings to them for free.

The horticulture farm set up on 4.72 hectares at a cost of Rs 2 crore in 2018 raises saplings of seven tree varieties like mango, guava and coconut, which are then sold off mainly to farmers at ...

Habitat destruction isolates the arboreal and nocturnal primates and leaves them with no place to safely shelter.

The late Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka’s most celebrated architect, spent about 50 years at his country estate, Lunuganga, on the ...

And to the north, chefs draw on the cuisine of nearby Tamil Nadu in southern India ... and generally regarded as a hangover cure. Some varieties include curd and milk (palandi kotthu), cheese ...

The climate change is affecting the Toba tribe of Nilgiris. The research reveals the integration of indigenous knowledge with modern technology to tackle the adverse effects of this.

Technology helps save Kashmir's Chinar treesChinar trees of Kashmir, renowned for their longevity and breathtaking views in ...

Theri Kaadu, or the Their desert or The desert of Waste as called by the locales, is a vast land with red dunes located in ...