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 …
The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) run by the Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) won the first Union Internationale des Transports Public (UITP) award, launched for doubling the public transport market share worldwide. AJL won the
JAIPUR: Fateh Singh Rathore, one of the last of the mighty men who fought all odds to protect the tiger, was conferred a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) here on Wednesday. Two Ministers of the Rajasthan Government, Bharat Singh and Bina Kak, State Chief Secretary …
Former field director of Ranthambore National Park and Sariska Tiger Reserve Fateh Singh Rathore will be conferred a lifetime achievement award on Wednesday by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India for his contributions to save and conserve the big cat.
MUMBAI: A project on the use of geoinformatics in the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 in Maharashtra by the Tribal Research and Training Institute (TRTI), Pune has been given the National e-Governance award, 2010-11 (Silver) in Aurangabad on Thursday. Even though Maharashtra has a poor track record of …
Amritsar and Bathinda have taken the lead in village sanitation if the commendation of the Government of India for Nirmal Gram Purskar 2010-11 is any indication. The Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation) has selected 51 state villages for conferring upon this national award to be …
Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday indicated that the State government would appeal against the Krishna Water Tribunal Award II and said he has begun the consultation process to take appropriate decisions in this regard. Addressing reporters here, he said the State has two legal options
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Biotechnology department was awarded for commendable performance during the five-day long 98th Indian Science Congress organised in Chennai which concluded on Friday. Providing this information the State Biotechnology department director Dr JMS Rana said that the Indian Science Congress was organised from January 3 at the SRM University …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Madhavan Pillai Foundation for Conservation has selected G Kannan, a forest watcher at Periyar Tiger Reserve in Thekkady, for the Madhavan Pillai Conservation Award-2011 instituted by the Foundation. Addressing a news conference here on Friday, Balan Madhavan, director of the Foundation, said that Kannan, who has been serving …
A film on global warming produced by the Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC) of the Kashmir University has been awarded the best educational video of the year by New Delhi-based Consortium of Educational Communication. The film, Global warming
Tata Motors today said its small car, Nano, has received the good design award for 2010, from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design with the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The award for Nano has come in the category of transportation, Tata Motors said …
Dr S. Chandrashekar, a Director-grade scientist at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) here was selected for the Ranbaxy Research Award for the year 2009. Dr Chandrashekar was chosen for his exemplary work in the area of pharmaceutical sciences, according to a release.
Ahmedabad: Two students from primary schools in the state, who were judged the best at a state level competition, have bagged the second prize at a national level competition. The two bagged the second position for their innovative and imaginative design and concept of energy conservation. The two
Patiala: The Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd has bagged an award for energy conservation for the performance of its Bhatinda Thermal power plant. CMD of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) K D Chaudhri received the award at a function in New Delhi from Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde …
CHENNAI: Chemplast Sanmar has won two awards, for innovative case study and excellent water efficient unit, at the seventh National Award for Excellence in Water Management organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Hyderabad. According to a release, the two awards were for the successful case study of …
The Jumbo Fund, set up by the Kumble Foundation, on Monday honoured nine employees of the Forest Department for their contribution to protecting the State
Fund for Nature-India along with the state forest department is running the centre since 2006, which received the award at the Wetland Link InterNational Symposium held in Malaysia last month. The award was given for various educational and awareness programmes organised by the centre, specially for children along with locals …
