Jaipur: State’s health department is among five in South-East Asia region of WHO to receive award for its accomplishment in the area of tobacco control. It is the only government body in the country which
P. Venugopal Scientist S.D. Biju, the winner of this year's Sabin Award for Amphibian Conservation. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: S.D. Biju has won the Sabin Award for Amphibian Conservation, instituted by the Amphibian Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Dr. Biju, who now leads a research group at the University of Delhi as an Associate Professor, gets it for his contributions to amphibian conservation and research in the Western Ghats over the last 15 years, University of Delhi said in a press release. The award includes $25,000.
Swahilya | ENS Chennai SALEEM Khan drew bemused looks from fishermen whenever he took walks through the slush in the mangroves at Ururkuppam near Besant Nagar beach, scooping up soil. There was a method to his muddiness. The United Nations has acknowledged it.
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Manoj Anand Chaupakhi, a nondescript village in Western Assam's Bongaigaon district, has ensured its entry in to the Guinness Book of World Records by planting more than 280,000 saplings in 24 hours. Three hundred residents of Chaupakhi had embarked on a massive tree plantation drive on July 11 in a bid to outdo the record made by Nagapattanam village in Tamil Nadu in 2006.
Aryavart Grameen Bank operates in six districts of Uttar Pradesh. AGP decided to install PV systems at five of its branches to provide back up power during mains power cuts. The PV modules generate DC electricity in sunlight, which is stored in rechargeable lead-acid batteries.
Success story of a young panchayat president who took innovative measures to re-build her tsunami-devastated village.
The NGO has been playing a leading role in promoting organic farming DEHRA DUN: Anil Rana director Janhit Foundation a Meerut based NGO has bagged the prestigious One World Award for his untiring efforts for conservation of biodiversity and nature in Western Uttar Pradesh. The award was presented to Mr Rana at Modena ( Italy) recently by Renate Kunast, the former Agriculture Minister of Germany. The One World Award has been instituted this year by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements ( IFOAM) and Rapunzel, both German organisations.
ravi aggarwal, director of ngo Toxic Links, has recently been conferred the who/ifcs (Chemical Safety) Special Recognition Award. He talks to arnab pratim dutta on different aspects of chemical regulation india: There is a hazardous waste law and a hazardous chemical law. But these don
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Environmental performance in Indian corporate is typically an ad-hoc and restricted to compliance aspects, however NMDC Limited follows a proactive approach instead of compliance approach. The likely environmental impacts of the mining activities and other allied activities are assessed prior to the commissioning of the production in the mines.
