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 …
With Madhya Pradesh recently bagging three national awards in toursim sector besides registering 70 percent growth in the inflow of visitors, the state is fast emerging as a major destination on the country's tourism map. "The perception that Madhya Pradesh is not emerging as a major tourist spot is false …
BHUBANESWAR: In what could be called a rare honour for the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), the urban local body has been chosen for the prestigious UN Sasakawa Award 2011 for disaster risk reduction initiatives. Mayor Ananat Narayan Jena, who received the communication from the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction …
The Rajasthan Government has selected the Forest Protection and Management Committee (Van Suraksha Evum Prabandhan Samiti) of Balicha range in Pratagarh district for the conservation award, Amrita Devi Vishnoi Smriti Puraskar, for 2010. The annual award, given to non governmental agencies, societies and groups engaged in exemplary acts of forest …
The gram panchayat of Dulat village in this district has been awarded a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh for showing the best results in correcting the skewed gender ratio (34 girls against 16 boys) in 2009. Deputy Commissioner Vijay Singh Dahiya handed over the cheque to village sarpanch Nirmal …
NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday underlined the need to assign panchayats a crucial role in spreading hygiene and inculcate sanitation as a habit among children to raise a healthy generation. Addressing a function organised by the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department under the Ministry of Rural Development, the …
The BMC has received India Tech Excellence award for closing its 19.6 hectare Gorai dumping ground in a scientific manner. BMC is the first civic body in country that has encashed carbon credit reducing greenhouse gas emission and earned Rs24.50 crore. India Tech Excellence award is given by the central …
The Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department has achieved another remarkable feat by receiving Diamond Small State Environmental award for being adjudged as best in maintaining the State
A Nepalese Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Manahari Development Institute in Nepal (MDI-Nepal), has bagged a prestigious UN award on environment and conservation. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced Wednesday the winners of this year
