Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent an indispensable force with which to combat inequities in access to health services and progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while …
JAMMU, Sept 28 (PTI): Threatened by rising rejection and holding up of rice consignments in US due to higher than permissible pesticide residues, the Rs 24,000 crore rice export industry has decided to educate farmers on the issue. The exporters will advice them to adopt good agriculture practice by controlling …
New Delhi: The Earth Care Awards’ fourth edition this year moves beyond borders, drawing into its fold India’s neighbours for the first time since the Times of India launched the Go Green India campaign in 2008 with these awards. In association with the JSW Foundation, the JSW-TOI Earth Care Awards …
Jorhat, Sept. 11: By day they hold the pen in their young hands and by evening they soil them in muck. Deeply rooted to the earth, which their fathers till for a living, a group of children of Chitralekha Siksha Bikash Mandir are committed to go organic to save the …
After not-so-successful attempts at source segregation of waste initiatives in the city, the Coimbatore Corporation is gearing up for introducing a few measures aimed at restarting the process. And the civic body has every reason to do so because at stake is Rs. 96 crore – the money it has …
POONCH, Sep 6: With a view to increase the green cover in the city and to raise the awareness about the need of plantation; “Awake India” initiated a Go Green Drive with cooperation of Social Forestry Division Poonch. Saplings of the ornamental plants like callistemon and eucalyptus were planted on …
If you want to make the greens your research den, the forest department is only too eager to help. Dhalbhum divisional forest officer (DFO) Karma Bhutia and conservator of forest (afforestation circle, Jamshedpur) Sanjeev Kumar declared as much at the 63rd Van Mahotsav celebrations at Jamshedpur Women’s College on Tuesday. …
SHILLONG: The ongoing eco-restoration programme to improve the ecology and environment of Sohra is making a good progress. Although 1172500 seedlings, mostly indigenous, were planted in the first year to replenish the lost greenery of Sohra, the department in the second year of the project has decided to plant 1298750 …
The Dhanbad district education department is on a green mission this monsoon. It has written to government high and middle schools to constitute eco clubs to help keep campuses clean and green. According to district education officer (DEO) Policorp Tirkey, the eco clubs comprising students of Classes IX and X …
The recently concluded Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil has led to the inception of the Rio+20 India programme. The Indian Astrobiology Research Centre (IARC) is spearheading the Rio+20 India programme in Mumbai. It will spread the message of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development …
Four lakh carrybags are used in Thrissur every day It took school children to show what the elders failed to do in the city. Alarmed by the increasing environmental threat posed by plastic, students of Devamatha CMI Public School in the city launched an anti-plastic drive by distributing 1,700 paper …
Planting of saplings, rallies mark World Environment Day observance in city Planting of saplings, seminars and green rallies marked World Environment Day programmes held in the city on Tuesday. Bhoomika, Kochi Corporation's initiative to recycle plastic with the help of school students, was launched here on Tuesday by K. Babu, …
DIBRUGARH, May 31: The Environmental Awareness Programme was launched by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Assam Oil Division (AOD) from May 30 as a curtain-raiser to the World Environment Day celebration. This was done in order for generating knowledge about the environment and the importance of green action for growth …
The study was conducted in rural area of Hisar district of Haryana. A sample of 120 children of primary and middle grade from 4 schools of 2 villages were taken for the present study.
“Students, gather plastic waste and get rewarded,” says the Corporation. And the reward would include grace marks, notebooks and other study materials. The Corporation’s novel programme is the latest addition to the “Say No to Plastic Waste” campaign which is being carried out as part of the year-long ‘Suchitwa Varsham’ …
GUWAHATI: A workshop on ‘National Environment Awareness Campaign, 2011-2012’ on the theme ‘Forests for sustainable livelihood’ was organized by Environmental Watch and Management Institute (EWMI) very recently with support from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. The workshop stressed the need of proper management of waste disposal near the …
Chandigarh: Aimed at creating awarness about environmental issues, the first-of-its kind Environment Training Institute at Gurgaon has proved to be non-starter due to resource crunch the Haryana Government. Proposed to be set up during the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12), the institute could not be set up “due to lack …
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) in Sri Lanka and the Science and Environment Centre (SEC) in New Delhi, India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on environmental training programmes last week at the CEA premises in Battaramulla. Both institutions had agreed to conduct a series of research and training programmes …
As many as 100 students and research scholars from universities across the country are expected to participate in a national workshop and training programme on Environmental Impact Assessment to be held here from March 28 to 31. The event is being organised by the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of …
Ford announced the winning project under their Environmental Conservation and Grants program in Sri Lanka. The ‘Fire Prevention in Knuckles Forest Reserve’ project was selected as the winner after heavy jury examination and will receive upto $10,000 from Ford Motor Company to implement their proposal. Ford Motor Company's Conservation and …
A variety of programmes in school and outside are turning the capital’s children into environment-sensitive citizens. Besides getting to know nature first-hand, they are also taking steps to make and keep their surroundings clean. Delhi has become a more environmentally sensitive city than it ever was. And it is the …
