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 …
Panjab University has been awarded the Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE) award based on its performance in research. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, yesterday in the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, handed over the award letter to the vice-chancellor, Professor R.C Sobti. The award includes a grant of Rs …
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) received an award from the ministry of power for adopting measures which helped in conserving energy. These measures include utilization of regenerated energy during braking for train air conditioning and lighting, management of lighting in stations and tunnels, use of solar energy in parking …
The Udyog Bhavan building on Rafi Marg was on Sunday awarded the National Energy Conservation Award for the most energy efficient office building in the country. Constructed and maintained by the CPWD, it
After TERI Award for HIV/AIDS initiatives this year, Tata Steel has now bagged CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2008 for its corporate social responsibility efforts. Competing with many business organisations, the company bagged the award after a two-part assessment process involving a site visit followed by jury investigation. It is not the …
Bilaspur: South Eastern Central Railway (SECR) will be awarded first prize for its efforts to conserve power during 2007-08 at a function to be held in New Delhi on the occasion of 'Energy Day' on December 14. The award would be given by Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. SECR …
Gandhinagar : The state has won four national awards in different fields of governance infrastructure , non conventional energy generation, e-governance and public transport. Gujarat Infrastructure Board (GIDB) has been given international audit agency KPMG's Infrastructure Today award for 2008 for outstanding and admirable work in the field of infrastructure …
Karthik Madhavan They have provided toilets to houses under Total Sanitation Programme on a par with any other panchayat Special honour: Thalavady and Digganare panchayats in Thalavady hills have been selected for this year
Pavan Srinivasa and M J Shashank, Class VII students from Vidya Niketan, have won the Best Project Award for their submission in the environmental sciences category, at the recently-concluded National Science Fair 2008. The Initiative for Research and Innovation in Science (IRIS) conducted the fair at the prestigious Science City …
PGI to conduct surgery on children with epilepsyChandigarh: Dr Ramesh Kumar Sen, additional professor and head Unit II, department of Orthopaedics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, has been awarded the
Chandrayaan-1, the unmanned mission sent by India for exploration of moon, has won a prestigious international award. The International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG) chose the Chandrayaan-1 team for giving the International Cooperation award, M, Annadurai, project director, Chandrayaan-1, said here today. The ILEWG is a public forum sponsored by …
CHENNAI: Villages in Tamil Nadu have won a record number of the Nirmal Gram Puraskar awards for rural sanitation this year. The State won 1,474 awards in 2007-08, against 296 the year before. The award carries a cash prize: Rs. 2 lakh for villages with population below 5,000 and Rs.4 …
TIRUCHI: Tiruchi has bagged the highest number of Nirmal Puraskar Awards for 2008 in the State. The annual awards are given by the Union government for cent per cent achievement in village sanitation. As many as 110 panchayats in the district have got the award this year, followed by 98 …
The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has introduced Energy Conservation Awards to encourage energy efficiency in large and small-scale industry, government and commercial buildings, educational institutions, agriculture sector, poultry farms and domestic sector. Bikram Singh Majithia, science and technology minister, yesterday disclosed that these awards had been instituted to encourage …
A Jharkhand based NGO has been selected for the Swami Rama Humanitarian Award 2008 for its contribution in tribal welfare. The NGO, Vikas Bharati, would be given a cash prize of Rs five lakh along with a citation at a ceremony to be held in Dehradun on November 13. The …
