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 …
Punjab Minister for New and Renewable Energy said the environment of ‘Ease of Doing Business' combined with the strong facilitation attracted Rs 7,500crore investment in the state in this sector. Punjab New and Renewable Energy Department has been conferred five awards for outstanding performance in the various fields of renewable …
COIMBATORE: The Indian Rice Research Institute, Hyderabad, has awarded a farmer from Dharapuram for adopting drip irrigation system in rice cultivation, thereby reducing water consumption by 60%. Parthasarathy M, 69, received the Innovative Rice Farmer Award on August 29. In all, 30 farmers from sixteen states were nominated for this …
Excelling in the field of green energy, Punjab was fêted with five awards for its performance in various fields of renewable energy power generation. This includes the first award for highest capacity addition in grid connected solar rooftop power in the country during the financial year of 2014-15. The other …
China may set up awards to honor individuals and non-governmental organizations for their efforts in helping reduce global poverty, a government think tank official said. The country's ultimate award for poverty reduction, the China Poverty Eradication Award, could include honors to people or bodies helping reduce global poverty, said Kang …
Junior Water Prize on Tuesday night for inventing a filter through which toxic heavy metals from electronic waste can be removed from water. At the Grand Hotel in central Stockholm, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the prize to Perry Alagappan, who won out of the group of 29 finalists. …
Gambians are gearing up for a grand celebration of the prestigious award presented to the country by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations on June 9 2015, in Rome, Italy, during the 39th Session of its conference. The Gambia received such award twice between November 2014 …
A US engineering firm was prized Sunday for its efforts to treat used water and turn it back into drinking quality. Employee-owned CH2M received the Stockholm Industry Water Award for developing methods for the reuse of water and raising awareness of the benefits of recycling wastewater, the Stockholm International Water …
The Prabhakar Barua Rhino Conservation Trust is seeking nominations for the Rhino Conservation Awards for 2015, a press release stated. The awards will be presented in September to coincide with the 100th birth anniversary of late Prabhakar Barua who was the first Assamese Chief Conservator of Forests of undivided Assam …
Andrew Zaloumis, the long-serving chief executive of iSimangaliso Wetland Park in northern KwaZulu-Natal, has been awarded World Wildlife Fund South Africa's 2015 Living Planet Award. In making the award, the conservation group noted Zaloumis's inspirational conservation work and the economic turnaround of the nature reserve, once an apartheid operational zone …
An Edinburgh company has won the UK's top engineering prize for its digital hydraulic power system. The MacRobert Award judges said Artemis Intelligent Power's "digital displacement" system was a "technical advance of global importance". The technology could increase the power of offshore wind turbines and cut fuel consumption and carbon …
Nairobi — The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) received on Monday the Africa Peace Award, conferred by the United Religions Initiative-Africa (URI-Africa) to distinguished individuals or organizations for efforts towards sustainable peace, environmental protection, development, democracy and good leadership on the continent. The award is presented annually since 2007. Its …
GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd has bagged Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2015 in the Transportation (Aviation) category for the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad. Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar presented the award to GHIAL COO Manish Sinha at the 17th World Congress on …
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man who created a nonprofit organization credited with helping more than 150 million people out of poverty was named the winner of the 2015 World Food Prize on Wednesday. Fazle Hasan Abed, of Bangladesh, created BRAC, the organization originally known as Bangladesh Rural Advancement …
ISLAMABAD: The winner of the 2015 UNESCO Avicenna Prize of Ethics in Science is Pakistani Professor of Biotechnology and bioethicist Zabta Khan Shinwari. The prize, which includes a diploma, a UNESCO Avicenna Gold Medal and a cheque of $10,000, will be awarded at an official ceremony that will be organised …
Ghana has received an award from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for reducing the number of undernourished people from more than seven million in the early 1990s to less than a million now. The country was also adjudged as one of 12 among 72 that have maintained their hunger …
BURN Manufacturing Kenya are the recipient of this year’s Ashden International Awards, the world’s leading green energy awards; for its role in helping improve the lives of women and girls in East Africa with its efficient modern charcoal-burning Jikokoa™ stove and employment opportunities. “BURN must be commended not for just …
KOCHI: Naas Plywood Industries, functioning at Allapra near Perumbavoor, has set an example for plywood manufacturers in the area by winning the award instituted by State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) for ‘best practices in managing and disposing waste’. This is the second time Naas Plywood has won the PCB award, …
PRIME Minister Voreqe Bainimarama was presented the Achievement Award by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for the Fijian Government's commitment towards addressing world hunger and food production. Presented in Rome at the FAO's 39th Conference, the award also recognised the great effort made by countries to commit to one …
LAHORE: WWF-Pakistan has been awarded the National Energy Globe Award for its project City-wide Partnership for Sustainable Water Use and Water Stewardship in SMEs in Lahore, Pakistan. Funded by the European Union, it aims to promote water efficient production and consumption practices in the country’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) …
State environment awards will be conferred on C. Lakshman, Harish Joshi, and Parimala at a function to be held in Bengaluru on June 5 to mark World Environment Day. The award carries a purse of Rs. 1 lakh and citation. Besides this, the Solid Waste Management Round Table, Bengaluru; Bantanuru …
