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 …
NEW DELHI: Delhi Urban Development and Finance Minister A. K. Walia on Tuesday said the Delhi Government has taken steps to include the topic of disaster management in the school curriculum and is also coming out with a ready guide for households on how people should respond in the event …
A group of nine countries under the Global Climate Network (GCN) umbrella will meet on Wednesday to deliberate on the new low-carbon job opportunities. As one of the members of the group, India is looking to further explore non-conventional energy sources that would add to employment openings. The theme of …
The forest department is out to educate schoolchildren about the need to save the environment. Today, a poster campaign was launched at the schools as part of a monthlong programme under which several events, including debate and essay competition, workshops, rally and training for teachers, have been planned. A team …
There are so many questions on climate today and very few answers. Can planting a tree really help stabilise the big climate shift? Keeping in mind a dozen such queries, an exhibition in Delhi has made an endeavour to make climate talk more lucid and understandable. Bharat Soka Gakkai
Joined 8-Day Initiative To Draw Attention To What Is Now A Sprawling Drain New Delhi: An engineering student recently came up with an interesting description of the Yamuna: It is like a supermarket, you can find everything in it. Shiva, a final year student of Faridabad, who spent eight days …
Several school students today joined hands to celebrate World Forestry Day and took out awareness rallies to educate masses about the increasing risks of deforestation. About 15 schools of the city, namely Kerala Samajam Model School, ADLS Sunshine School, Hill Top School, Carmel Junior College, JH Tarapore School, Kerala Public …
New Delhi: To strictly implement the ban on use of plastic bags in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) areas, the civic body has launched an awareness campaign under which its health department has started confiscating plastic bags from markets, residential areas, etc. An NDMC official said:
To ensure complete implementation of the ban on use of plastic bags in its area, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has launched an awareness drive. Other than holding surprise checks, the Council has also begun a campaign called
Haryana is the first state in the country to introduce solar education kits in senior secondary schools of the state. Financial commissioner and principal secretary for renewable energy S.S. Prasad said Sunday that the kits have been introduced in the state to educate students about the application of renewable energy. …
Deputy Conservator of Forest Chikkanareppa has called upon people to save the nature to save the world. All for a cause: Deputy Conservator of Forest Chikkanareppa inaugurating the awareness camp on climate change at the Muddenahalli Government High School. State Vijnana Parishat member G N Ramesh and others look on. …
Nellore, March 10: M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, will be conducting a Vocation Training programme for students of Class X between May 3 and 29, 2010. Students will be exposed to a variety of topics in the broad area of biotechnology and biodiversity conservation during the four weeks programme which …
- Film and forest visit on cards for 50 selected students ANTARA BOSE The entrance to Dalma forest Jamshedpur, March 5: Students of government schools in Dalma will soon learn about the environment by visiting forests and watching films. The forest department has decided to invite students for a visit …
Aaranyak, CEE North-East, Institution of Engineers, Assam State Centre, and Regional Centre of Expertise, Guwahati Centre, jointly organised a district-level programme for the eco-clubs of Kamrup (Metro) district recently. The programme was held on Pragjyotish School, Boragaon premises. Eco-clubs affiliated to the National Green Corps of Ministry of Environment and …
Indian schools seem to be coming of age environmentally and the real action in environment activism is not happening in the elite, upmarket schools but rather it is the semi-urban and middle-rung schools that have donned the mantle of being
Asking people to opt for public transport, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit today said her government will develop more cycling and walking tracks across the city as part of its eco-friendly initiatives. "There should be few cars and I urge you to use public transport more," Dikshit said while speaking …
Going green: Children of DAV Public School (Thermal Colony) at Panipat in Haryana celebrate the Green School Award for 2009 they received from Sharmila Tagore in Delhi on Saturday. NEW DELHI: The Centre for Science and Environment
