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 …
The Central government has pulled the plug on two major grassroots-level environmental initiatives in Kerala that have made remarkable progress in recent years, leaving them to an uncertain future. The State science and technology establishment is preparing to wind down the National Green Corps and National Environment Awareness Campaign, the …
A little more than a month ago, the Indian government unveiled a grand campaign to spur innovation among startups. The Startup India programme, a pet project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hopes to harness the ‘energy and drive’ of a ‘nation of youngsters’ in order to dramatically boost job creation …
Class XI students of Shri Natesan Vidyasala Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Mannivakam, presented nine technical papers on environmental issues at a seminar recently organised by the school. The papers analysed issues relating to corporate social responsibility, Bhopal tragedy, environmental corruption, need for preserving bio diversity, BP oil spill, El Nino …
Noida: Father Agnel School in Greater Noida's Sector Beta 2 pipped 500 schools from across the country to emerge as the 'greenest school'. The award given away by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on February 23 came as part of a green school programme promoted by the CSE. …
Ten schools from across the country were given awards by a Delhi-based body for following environment-friendly practices like proper waste and water management. More than 500 schools covering most of the states and union territories participated in the event organised by Centre for Science and Environment while the top ten …
More than 50 schools of the city were felicitated at a function organized by the Waste Warriors, a local voluntary group, for being part of Microsoft Create to inspire the environment education school programme at a function held at Welham Boys’ School here. The felicitation was the final event of …
The neighbours have stolen a march on the capital.Three weeks after the UP government imposed a blanket ban on plastic carry bags in the state, officials of Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad claimed their consumption has fallen by 80%, adding they hope to reduce it further soon. Noida officials said …
HRD is one of the several ministries being asked to assist in the government’s Namami Gange programme. The Human Resource Development Ministry has been asked to help set up a national-level institution or a university that offers courses on applied river sciences in order to create expertise in cleaning and …
Patna: More than 400 students of St Xavier's High School (SXHS) took out a road show outside the school campus on Tuesday in association with Patna traffic police to create awareness about ill effects of noise pollution. The event, organised by Students' Oxygen Movement, saw the Xaverians telling passers-by the …
Vikas Gupta, Chief Conservator of Forests and Director (SGNP), helps us understand how he aims to instill environmental conscience in citizens in the new year Here we are, at the start of yet another year, brimming with hope and full of vigour to realise our dreams and aspirations. While personal …
Keri: Volunteers of the Vivekanand environment awareness brigade of Keri-Sattari presented a street play to create environment awareness at a nature orientation camp organized by the extension and mural services of Goa University. Girls students from various educational institutions from Bicholim and Sattari took part in the camp wherein a …
For the first time, the core Mood-I team has made a conscious effort to make the fest a paperless one, in a bid to do their bit for the environment. Every edition of Mood Indigo (Mood-I) — IIT-Bombay’s annual cultural festival — is known to bring in some innovation or …
Indore : A day after the University Grants Commission (UGC) directed universities across the country to teach ill-effects of fireworks to students, the Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV), on Tuesday said that it would prepare a module for the subject with help from the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB). “The …
KANPUR: Nearly 3000 students of various government and private schools passed several resolutions to conserve environment at `Parliament of Children' in the `Numaish-Pandal' at the ongoing Mahotsav in Etawah, on Saturday. Noted environmentalist and Raman Magsaysay Award winner- Chandi Prasad Bhatt, who was the chief guest on the occasion and …
The Government today announced that a series of stamps depicting the entire environmental profile of the country will be launched soon. Speaking after releasing the commemorative stamp to mark the Centenary year of Zoological Survey of India here today, Union Minister of Communication and Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad …
With global warming leading to climatic changes, the future of our environment now depends upon environmental conservation. And to instill this knowledge among the current generation of students, an environment film festival has been organised by Enviro Vigil in Thane in December. In the past few years we have witnessed …
Voting is open to the public now till November 30th 2015 Mobile Film Festival is an officialevent of the COP21 1 Mobile - 1 Minute - 1 Film Paris, November 3, 2015 – The Mobile Film Festival announced today its official selection consisting of 75 one-minute films from 27 countries …
Around 500 students of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here have launched a campaign to save the Western Ghats. They have demanded that the Centre hold wider consultations on the draft notification of the High-Level Working Group (HLWG), also known as the Kasturirangan Committee report, which reduces the Ecologically …
Interested in saving the environment? CSE can provide the training and information you’ll need. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which was established in 1980, focuses on advocacy by spreading awareness on issues concerning the environment. The CSE primarily conducts research with the intent of simplifying facts relating to …
The government was constantly trying to encourage forest and environmental awareness among residents and expected a huge participation in the novel initiative, said Javadekar. In a bid to create forest and environmental awareness among residents, the department of forests has initiated an online competition on ‘Environment, Climate Change and Forest’ …
