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 …
A Karnataka-based NGO is one of the eight finalists for the UK-based green energy prize, the Ashden Award. Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) in Karnataka has been selected alongside seven other organisations from Peru, Indonesia, Cambodia, Africa and Afghanistan as a finalist for the Ashden Awards. A press …
Eram Scientific Solutions based here has won the Sankalp Award instituted by the Sankalp Forum, 2012. The company takes home a cash prize of Rs 20 lakh for innovation in creating the ‘Delight’ e-toilet, an automated public sanitation unit for the urban areas, a company spokesman announced here. Eram has …
The Union Ministry of Science and Technology today announced the selections for three consortia projects under the Indo-US Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (JCERDC). The JCERDC is being established under an agreement signed between the Governments of India and the United States of America which commits an amount …
The Global Leaders' Council for Reproductive Health has nominated Nepal for the Resolve Award in recognition of its efforts towards achieving the universal access to reproductive health as sought by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Council is a group of sixteen "sitting and former heads of state, high-level policymakers …
A village in Sirsa along Haryana’s dusty borders with Rajasthan has redefined what ‘public-private partnership’ can mean in terms of girls’ education and social development. Kaluana village gave shape to its dream of promoting education for its women by utilising a combined prize money of Rs 25 lakh that it …
CFLs replace 1,799 bulbs, 76 streetlights installed. Bibipur, a small hamlet in the district, has hit a new milestone with a larger awareness and proper use of solar energy in the village. With the replacement of 1,799 bulbs with CFLs, the village has been provided with 76 solar streetlights in …
The CSR Association of Pakistan honoured Lucky Cement with the National Corporate Social Responsibility Excellence Award for third consecutive year in fulfilling its CSR. It received the award also for Best Corporate Communications this year for its benchmark projects related to reporting, publications and all internal and external communications. Pakistan …
PowerGrid's southern region transmission system-II has been conferred with the national award for meritorious performance in power transmission ‘system availability.' The award has been instituted by the Union Ministry of Power for the year 2010-11. Mr R.N. Nayak, CMD, PowerGrid, and Mr Bharat Bhushan, Executive Director PowerGrid-SRTS-II, received the award …
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), headquartered in Pelawatte, Battaramulla, has been named the Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for 2012. Awarded by the Stockholm International Water Institute, this prestigious prize, honours individuals, institutions or organizations whose work contributes broadly to the conservation and protection of water resources and to the …
The South Asian sub-continent faces the worst brunt of climate change in years to come, scientists of the UN’s Inter-governmental panel on climate change have warned. The sub-continent faces a challenge that it can only surmount acting in cohesion. While the countries in the region — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, …
The second Geo Responsibility Awards (GRA) will be held on March 15 at the Water's Edge under the patronage of Environment Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa and Power and Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka, Holcim Lanka Ltd CEO Stefan Huber said, at a media briefing on Geo-cycle Awards 2012 recently at the …
Madhya Pradesh bagged the National Tourism Award on Wednesday for developing tourism related infrastructure and programmes and also for Best Tourism Film and Best Tourism Promotion Publicity Material. Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim were among the other winners. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil gave away the National Tourism Awards 2010-11 to 78 …
It was a clean sweep for Sikkim, as the state bagged three awards at the National Tourism Awards here today. Chief minister Pawan Chamling himself was present to receive the award from President Pratibha Singh Patil. Sikkim was rated the best state in the category of Jammu and Kashmir and …
Batting for sustainable and inclusive development, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) director general Sunita Narain on Monday cited the successful campaign in Delhi where public transport such as buses and autos have taken to CNG due to rising air pollution. Narain was addressing the closing ceremony of the Kirloskar …
The GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, has bagged ‘Mahindra Samraddhi India Agri Award-2012’ in recognition of its services in the field of agriculture education. The vice-chancellor of the GBPUT, BS Bisht, received this award from the Union Minister for Agriculture, Sharad Pawar, at a function recently …
PUNE: "Pune is in trouble today as the rivers are turning into nullahs and Puneites are breathing polluted air. The pollutant particulate matter has fine particles and goes inside your body through inhalation and reaches the blood stream. Not only it can cause respiratory problems and asthma, but also heart …
The Madhya Pradesh Council for Science and Technology (MPCST) has been selected for the India Geospatial Leadership Award for the year 2012. The council has been selected for this national award for its special contribution in making Madhya Pradesh a Geospatial State. Senior scientist and publicity in-charge Dhirendra Pandey said …
BHOPAL/ BETUL: A tribal woman from Madhya Pradesh's Betul district, who ran away from her husband's house barely two days after her marriage over lack of sanitary facilities, has become a brand ambassador for a cleanliness drive. Anita Narre's insistence on having a toilet at her in-law's place not only …
When Anita Narre stormed out of her husband’s home two days after their marriage in May 2011, it was an act of defiance unparalleled mainly because the reason was unheard of. Anita’s only grouse was that her in-laws’ house in Ratanpur village of Betul district did not have a toilet, …
