Jaipur: State’s health department is among five in South-East Asia region of WHO to receive award for its accomplishment in the area of tobacco control. It is the only government body in the country which will be awarded for its tobacco free initiatives (TFIs) on the World Tobacco Day (May …
Chandigarh: Social activist and film and theatre actress Shabana Azmi was conferred today with the Women Empowerment Award by the Dr A S Cheema Foundation Trust, an NGO working for the upliftment of women in agriculture. A seminar on the theme of the Green Revolution and the White Revolution and …
Guwahati, July 9: The Tea Board of India has decided to institute awards to encourage small tea growers of the region to grow and manufacture good quality tea. The awards will be instituted on the lines of those prevalent in South India to encourage small tea growers and manufacturers there …
The Danish city of Copenhagen has won the European Green Capital Award for 2014. Copenhagen was chosen for its achievements in "eco-innovation and sustainable mobility," for being a role model for the green economy in Europe and for engaging its citizens to feel they are part of the green solution. …
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 …
Tata Power’s Jojobera thermal power station at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand has bagged the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for 2012. According to a company release, the award will be presented at a function in New Delhi during the 14th World Congress on Environment Management, scheduled to be held from July …
A team of students led by Pannu Haldar from Bilaspur glorified the name of nation as their “Sustainable Green Transport Plan” won the first prize at the international competition hosted by UN Decades at Paris, France on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the United Nation Environment Programme. Under …
Durgapur Steel Plant, a SAIL unit, has bagged Greentech Safety Award 2012 in ‘Gold’ category within metals and mining sector, a DSP communiqué said. The annual safety awards are given in various categories by a Delhi-based non-profit foundation.
Steel major Essar Steel Ltd (ESL) has received the CSE's Green Rating Award for its efforts towards resource use efficiency and steel slag re-use. Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, and Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, presented The Three Leaves Award to …
RINL along with two other companies (Ispat Industries and Essar Steel) bagged the prestigious award with "3 Leaves rating" out of 5 leaves. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited has received the prestigious Green Rating Award based on assessment done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) for achieving several benchmarks on …
A Karnataka microfinance organisation, Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP), on Wednesday night was awarded the overall gold prize at Britain's foremost green energy prize, the Ashden Awards, in London. The Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project, represented by its president, Dr D. Veerendra Heggade, and executive director Dr …
The Karnataka-based Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) has won Ashden Gold Award. The Ashden awards were founded in 2001 to encourage the greater use of local sustainable energy to address climate change and alleviate poverty. Ashden’s patron is The Prince of Wales. A press release by the London-based …
Nepal has been conferred with the 2012 Resolve Award in recognition of its achievements in health, in particular maternal and neonatal health. Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations Office and the leader of the Nepali delegation to the 65 World Health Assembly, Shanker D. Bairagi, on Tuesday received …
Nepal has been conferred with the 2012 Resolve Award in recognition of its achievements in health, in particular maternal and neonatal health. Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations Office and the leader of the Nepali delegation to the 65 World Health Assembly, Shanker D. Bairagi, on Tuesday received …
India-born professor Kamal Bawa has donated the entire prize money of one million Norwegian Kronor (about Rs.10 million) from the world's first major international sustainability award to the Indian organisation he founded in 1996. Bawa, distinguished professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, is the 2012 winner of …
Dawa Steven Sherpa, 28-year-old mountain guide and adventure pioneer from Nepal, has been awarded the first ever WWF International President’s Award during a special ceremony at global conservation organization WWF’s Annual Conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Now a professional guide, mountaineer and conservation activist in the Himalayan region where he …
Madhya Pradesh has bagged the highest number of awards for tiger conservation. In the two-day meeting of the Field Directors of the Tiger Reserves (TR) that began on Wednesday various conservation issues including protection, extremist threat, phase-4 monitoring and compliance of effective management were discussed at length. A book on …
Reeling under a severe power crunch, the Tamil Nadu Government has drawn up plans to encourage energy efficient systems using solar and other forms of energy in the coming months. The proposals include provision of subsidised solar pumps, generation-based incentive scheme for domestic solar rooftops, besides presenting awards to those …
NEW DELHI: Sikkim has won the 'best state' award for strengthening its panchayati raj institutions. Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh and Union minister of panchayati raj and tribal development V Kishore Chandra Deo presented the 2011-12 Panchayat Empowerment & Accountability Incentive Scheme (PEAIS) award to Sikkim's rural management and …
Gujarat has received the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration for 2010-11 for a watershed management programme in Patan district, the ancient capital of the western state. The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, presented the award to Mr Ram Kumar, CEO of the Gujarat State Watershed Management Agency …
New Delhi, April 17: If this doesn’t raise a national stink, little else will. Around 3.5 crore toilets are missing in India, if official statistics are not meant to be flushed down the drain. The Union rural development ministry claims its Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) has delivered more than 8.71 …
