Report filed by the Telangana State Pollution Control Board with the National Green Tribunal regarding state pollution control boards in south of India not complying with the direction given by the Supreme Court (Parayavaran Suraksha Samithi Vs Union of India) - wherein the states where directed to make provision for …
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, on Sunday launched a project for online receipt and processing of mining concession application system in the State. Andhra Pradesh is the first State to launch the online process in accordance with the National Mineral Policy 2008.
Streptococcus pyogenes. Most people will not care for the tongue twister. But tell them that this seemingly arcane word refers to the common inhabitants of the throat, spherical bacteria, and they might end up googling it. The bacterium is behind our sore throat. This is one of the nuggets in …
Wary of social media, US defence department has finally allowed the country’s troops to use networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Department officials say the benefits of using social media outweigh the risks to security. The decision means websites blocked by the Pentagon in 2007—including YouTube—will be unblocked. However, …
With climate change big on the agenda, businesses have begun to talk environment. Many of them also have environment-friendly strategies as part of their corporate social responsibility. Many of them proclaim their environment friendly credentials on websites. So it was about time there was a website on how the corporate …
In America’s Silicon Valley, celluloid fantasy can sometimes become a reality. For two Harvard undergraduates, Marck Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, who created Facebook, the social networking site’s early success propelled them into a world of cool nightclubs and hot dates. But the site also landed them in a legal battle …
The Online Electric Vehicle uses a technology that not only eliminates pollution but also alleviates the problems associated with hybrid vehicles Korean scientists have unveiled what they claim is the "future of urban transport" -Online Electric Vehicle. A team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has invented …
If there is a neem or jamun tree in your backyard, check it regularly and note down when they flower and fruit. You may soon realise you are collecting data for scientific research. The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), a research body in Bengaluru, plans to rope in people …
http://www.we-forum.org It’s a website of the World Economic Forum. And it has stuff that one would scarcely associate with the forum. Perhaps it is a change of time. The site admits an economy built on speculation cannot last. It concedes that for the last 400 years, the wealthiest countries in …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Jal Board is gearing up to post information related to water supply or its non-availability on a daily basis on its website. The decision follows an order from the Central Information Commission to the Jal Board. According to Jal Board officials, the CIC has asked the …
Zilla Panchayat CEO Mirza Akbarullah has said that action will be taken against those officials who upload the works (on website) which have not been approved by GPs under MGREGS. Addressing the KDP meeting on Thursday, member Manu Muthappa said that in Bhagamandala GP, certain works which have not been …
A hilarious prank led to Canada pulling the plug on thousands of websites in the first week of January. The Canadian government wiped out 4,500 websites in early January as it frantically grappled with a climate change hoax by the Yes Men. During the Copenhagen climate change conference the anti-corporate …
From recycled paper books to glossy colourful scripts and now to a revolution in the way we read. Yes, we are talking about e-books and electronic readers. According to a recent report by the Cleantech Group, which took an in-depth look at the environmental impact of e-readers and books in …
Facebook, the popular social networking site, offers its users a test to estimate its popularity. It is called ‘How addicted are you to Facebook’. Arnab Chatterjee is 92 per cent addicted. Chaterjee works with a private radio station and his status updates on Facebook changes every five minutes. From the …
www.turbulence.org.ukThe Oxford English Dictionary describes turbulence as “The disruption caused by movement through a non-moving element or an element moving at a different speed”. For conventional aerodynamics turbulence is a problem to be controlled and eliminated. The people who run this site have also proved to be a bother, at …
MANISH ANAND The project, once put in place by April, is expected to change the way various departments function. The official stated that this could put an end to fictitious maintenance works Delhi will move into digital mode of governance from April this year. After completing the 3D GIS mapping …
Roy Mathew The Google Mapping Party, proposed to be held here on February 5, hopes to make Kerala, particularly Thiruvananthapuram, a better mapped place. More than 100 persons including five officials from the Kerala Land Information Mission (Bhoomikeralam) will be attending the
A national website on tiger conservation, www.tigernet.nic.in, was launched by Union minister of forest and environment Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday. Speaking at a press conference, the minister pointed out that this would be the first consolidated database to provide an update on tiger deaths and details of tiger poaching. Tiger …
The Open Budget Survey 2010 reveals that 74 of the 94 countries assessed fail to meet basic standards of transparency and accountability with national budgets. This opens the door to abuse and inappropriate and inefficient use of public money. The good news is that all governments -- no matter their …
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: Realising the possibilities of computational biology, the state should think about promoting e-farming, said Pawan K Dhar, editor-in-chief of the Systems and Synthetic Biology Journal, Riken Yokohama Institute, Japan. He was inaugurating the State Inter-University Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics (SIUCEB) at the Kariyavattom campus of the University of …
T. Ramakrishnan Eco-restoration works to be carried out in Cooum, other watercourses of the city S. Ramasundaram, Principal Secretary (Public Works), presenting a publication on Singapore to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi at the Secretariat on Thursday. M.K.Stalin, Deputy Chief Minister, and K. Deenabandu, Principal Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister, are …
