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 …
Stealing the show from the so-called elite institutions, schools from across the country on Saturday vied for honours to clinch who was the 'greenest of all' at the Green Schools Awards. Emerging as real change-makers, the annual environmental audit of schools under the aegis of Centre for Science and Environment …
To create awareness on environment conservation, students along with teachers will organise campaigns from March 14 culminating with World Forestry Day (March 21). Academics and forest officials working towards environment conservation have formed Eco Task Force that will carry out the week-long celebrations. The decision was taken at a meeting …
The festival will attempt to showcase work of filmmakers who have made films on the environment Giving a thought to nature, whilst entertaining the masses is a thought that the organisers of the Vasundhara International Film Festival have been promoting ever since the festival started three years back and the …
Chandigarh:The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued a notice of motion to state of Haryana and other respondents on a PIL claiming efforts were not being made for generating awareness on environment. The petitioner, a Hissar-based NGO Green Earth, stated the SC had issued directions on November 22, 1991, …
TIRUNELVELI: The Tirunelveli Telecom District of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited conducted competitions for school students in and around Surandai to create an awareness of
Environment education will be a part of the school curriculum in Uttar Pradesh from the next academic session. State environment principal secretary Alok Ranjan said the government has already taken the first step in that direction by taking a decision to constitute a State Climate Change Board that would chart …
The agricultural educational tour to northern India organised for the Assam farmers by 318 Field Regiment of Dah division of the Indian Army concluded with an evaluation programme at Sarojini under Tingkhong PS. The agricultural tour, which primarily included attending agricultural training at Solan University in Himachal Pradesh was flagged …
S Lalitha, Bangalore, Jan 20 dhns: Instead of merely fretting over irregular power and water supply, seven final-year MBA students have decided to contribute their mite towards redressing the issues. (Left) Ajai Sachchar, Padmini Gowda, Surbhi Agarwal, Sushma Gowda, Adithya Raj, Sindhu Chandra, Akshay Rajshekar.Armed with pamphlets on the need …
In the absence of agricultural fields, or perhaps because of that, a school in Delhi is revisiting its kitchen dustbins, newspapers and musty corners. Far from climate-change and sustainable waste management rhetoric, DTEA School, Moti Bagh, has found use for old newspapers and kitchen waste: growing mushrooms on the mulch, …
Jaipur: Andy Pag set out from London three and a half months back to spread awareness about climate change. His mission was to drive around the world in an old, refitted Mercedes bus that ran on biofuel. He travelled through Europe, then Iran, Pakistan and finally entered India through Wagah …
At the time when the whole world is alarmed about Catastrophic Repercussions of Global Warming & Climate Change, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is planning an academic short-term awareness programme focussing these crucial issues. The courses would shortly be launched at the national level, including Madhya Pradesh. Elaborating …
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said that indiscriminate cutting of trees for executing developmental projects would create ecological imbalance in the world.
Ranchi, Jan. 4: Two students of Jharkhand State Bal Bhavan, Rishabh Raj of St Thomas School and Mohit Kumar Gupta of Holy Child School, left for New Delhi today to take part in the National Young Environment-alist Conference to be held from January 6 to 10. Both children have prepared …
TIRUCHI: Students should educate the public on the serious problem of global warming and help in minimising the man-made disturbances to the environment, said G.M. Akbar Ali, Judge, Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, here on Sunday. Delivering the annual Graduation Day (of government aided courses) address at Jamal …
