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 …
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh State Minor Forest Produce Federation has invited entries for Forest Medicinal Plant Cultivation Awards for the years 2009 and 2010 till May 22. This award was established in the year 2003. Among the awards Rs 25 thousand will be given for
New Delhi: If the energy sector is the biggest contributor of greenhouse (GHG) gas emissions in the country, it is also showcasing some of the best examples of reducing emissions, according to FE-EVI Green Business Survey 2009-10. The survey findings will be released together with the presentation of the FE-EVI …
New Delhi: The FE-EVI Green Business Survey & Leadership Awards 2009-10 event is scheduled to be held on World Environment Day, June 5, in the Capital. The event is being organised jointly by The Financial Express and Emergent Ventures India, a climate change & sustainable development advisory firm, along with …
Ahmedabad: The new mode of transport in the city,Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), popularly known as Janmarg in the city, won another international accolade after being declared joint runners up of
Mumbai: Two years ago, Rajendra Ladkar was merely another railway commuter who screwed up his nose at the stench of nightsoil that emanated from the tracks. But what drew him apart from his cotravellers was that he tried to fix things. The air-conditioning expert from Pune has invented a locomotive …
TIRUNELVELI: Organisations or individuals, who have designed and executed effective mechanism to harvest rainwater to improve groundwater table can apply for two prestigious awards, both instituted by the Centre. According to Collector M. Jayaraman, the Union Ministry of Water Resources, with the objective of encouraging groundwater recharge activities across the …
Solan: Baddi-based Elin Appliances Private Limited has done the region proud by bagging the FICCI-SEDF Corporate Social Responsibility Award for its exemplary work in social sector. Company
Ahmedabad: The nine-monthold Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), popularly known as Janmarg in the city, has added one more feather in its cap. Janmarg achieved another international accolade of being among the two finalists for
Indian physicist and environmentalist Vandana Shiva has won the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize for her efforts towards women empowerment in developing nations and her scientific contribution to climate conservation. The 57-year-old activist has been recognised for her work on the empowerment of women in developing countries, her advocacy of the …
Vadodara: The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets the Amul brand, has won the prestigious International Dairy Federation (IDF) award in the sustainability category for the best environment initiative. GCMMF won the award for its massive plantation drive initiated by GCMMF since 2007 through the village dairy cooperative …
Water availability per capita in India is reaching critical levels, and with a much faster pace of urbanisation expected in the coming decades, treatment of waste water for returning to rivers and reuse in industry assumes great importance. Navi Mumbai has shown the way. Today the population of Navi Mumbai …
Special training programme for panchayat presidents inaugurated Award is for successfully implementing total sanitation preventing defecation in open places All panchayats should take efforts to implement total sanitation and win this award: Collector THENI: Five panchayats in the district won the Nirmal Gram Purashkar Award for 2008-09 for successful implementation …
New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board was on Monday conferred an award by the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) for its efforts to improve the water management system in the national Capital. The award for the best performing water utility of the year 2009-10 was given to the Jal …
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI A group of five civil servants who received the Prime Minister award for excellence in civil administration from Madhya Pradesh (2009-10) could well provide states like Chattisgarh and Jharkhand an answer on how to tackle the problem of Naxalism. Madhya Pradesh had one of the poorest …
The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) would receive the award of excellence for providing houses to the urban poor under the ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Notably, 15,000 houses for poor are being constructed in different identified localities of the city under the central funded scheme in question. …
The mayor of a Japanese town, which conducts an annual dolphin hunt, has protested the Academy Award given to The Cove, a documentary on grisly slaughter. The film follows activists who struggle with the Japanese police and fishermen to reach a secluded cove in Taiji in southern Japan, where dolphins …
In recognition of its performance, Assam has won the best performing state award for implementation of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) among North Eastern States. Rajasthan was adjudged the best performing state among the High Focus States (HFS), while Tamil Nadu claimed the award among other states category. Mizoram, Madhya …
P Parthsarathy, e-waste recycler of Bangalore, was honoured recently during the 20th Foundation Day of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) in New Delhi. The Union Minister for Finance Pranab Mukherjee honoured Parthsarathy by presenting him a memento. The recognition is conferred on Parthasarathy for the best innovative method …
