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 …
Industries can now access all the facilities and forms of Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) at the click of a button. GSPCB launched a new software -
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurated the Delhi State Spatial Data Infrastructure Project at the Delhi Pavilion in the ongoing India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan here on Thursday. The geo-portal with geo-spatial data of the Capital has been developed by the Information Technology Department of the Delhi …
With A Day To Go For Launch On October 14, The Transport System Has A Lot In Store, Including SMS Info Service Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: At the click of a mouse, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) commuters can get real-time updates of buses plying on its corridor along …
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday launched an exclusive website -- www.karnataka.gov.in/floodrelief2009, which gives a detailed information about the recent flood fury. It also has information about the relief and rehabilitation works the Government has taken up. The website will post the names of those who contribute for the …
• In early August, indigenous artists from the Australian state of Queensland collaborated in an exhibition. They wove thousands of metres of discarded fishing nets into sculptures. Much marine life gets trapped in these nets. • Switzerland
www.planestupid.com In June this year, an environmental group invaded an EU meet in Manchester, UK. Four members of the group released personal attack alarms attached to helium balloons and shouted anti-aviation slogans before leaving the building to unfold a large banner outside that accused delegates of being
G. Mahadevan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Spatial Data Infrastructure, initiative of the Department of Science and Technology, is preparing to offer to line departments of various state ground water departments the geo-spatial tools developed as part of the web-based database model for managing groundwater resources created by the Centre for Geo-Information …
Environmental activists are taking to the Internet in a new bid to help save the world's rainforests with the help of major corporations including Starbucks Corp and Dell Inc. Campaigners plan to announce on Monday the formation of "Team Earth," a social network that includes businesses, nongovernmental organizations, students and …
Formal launching of publication and website (www.watsanbd.info) on Disaster Friendly Water and Sanitation technologies, was held under joint aegis of Concern Universal-Bangladesh (CUB) and Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) in the city's Dhanmondi auditorium of Dhaka Ahsania Mission on September 12. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) initiatives in Bangladesh have lot of …
It seems a witty little word play, and international non-profits Wherever the Need and Skadaddle Media are really having fun with it. But they are also using Twitter to call attention to the importance of sanitation and to raise money to build eco-sanitation toilets for developing countries. The programme calls …
http://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/aquapedia/Home A US based professor has launched Aquapedia, a web-based repository for information regarding the water sector. The beta version currently hosts 14 case studies, 8 of which have no information posted yet. The creator of the site, Shafiqul Islam of Tufts University, has attempted to establish a collaborative environment …
Goan homes are getting set to welcome Lord Ganesha in a few days time, even as shopkeepers have started experiencing the demand for plastic flowers, cloth, incense, camphor, etc, which are used to adorn the God of Wisdom. But would Ganesha be really pleased with all this surrounding him?
Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno (not their real names) are the frontmen for the Yes Men. They got together to set up parody websites such as www.gwbush.com and graduated to huge anti-corporate, culture-jamming stunts targeting giants such as ExxonMobil and Dow Chemical. Their latest film, The Yes Men Fix the …
