COIMBATORE: A 17-year-old boy studying in a private school sustained a spinal cord injury after falling from a tree. The incident occurred at his school premises near Periyanaickenpakayam, after the ...

Two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were exchanged in the presence of Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forests, at the Secretariat on Friday. The MoUs ...

Trichy: Fire and rescue services personnel rescued a Sri Lankan Tamil inmate who had climbed a tree in a bid to end life at the special camp on the premises of Trichy Central Prison on Tuesday. He ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Leaf shapes play an important role in tree identification, providing key ...

Chennai, March 5 (IANS): The Tamil Nadu government has announced a major initiative to promote the cultivation of high-value timber trees on agricultural lands to help farmers diversify their income ...

The ‘Tamil Nadu Agroforestry Policy’ will be released shortly to enable farmers to cultivate high-value trees such as teak, sandalwood, red sanders, and mahogany without apprehension. The policy ...

Of 30 inscriptions uncovered at the Valley of Kings by Strauch and Schmid, 20 are in Tamil. CHENNAI: Around 2,000 years ago, a Tamil trader who visited the rock-cut tombs of Egyptian pharaohs ...

According to the GCC, the fines were enforced on January 22, collecting totally Rs 1.75 lakh. Rs 1 lakh was slapped on Revathi Sathishkumar. However, the GCC did not divulge more details. Though DC ...

KRISHNAGIRI: Three persons were arrested following a 70-year-old woman was tied to a coconut tree and assaulted by her relatives in a land dispute near Kaveripattinam on Saturday evening. The arrested ...