UNICEF Innocenti's Report Card 17 explores how 43 OECD/EU countries are faring in providing healthy environments for children. Beyond children’s immediate environments, over-consumption in some of the world’s richest countries is destroying children’s environments globally. This threatens both children worldwide and future generations. To provide all children with safe and …
Lucknow: Sahara India Power Corporation Limited (SIPCL), a subsidiary of Sahara India Group, has joined hands with Safesky Software of Israel to promote and manufacture advanced solar power and other technologies for Indian users. As a step towards this, Safesky Software along with SIPCL will set up a demonstrative solar …
''The Israeli farmers manage the agri-market themselves... Here we have touts managing the market. In Israel the money directly goes to the accounts of the farmers....When will we achieve the same here?'' That was a farmer reminiscing about his recent visit to Israel. As many as 39 farmers, who were …
Global climate change related to natural and anthropogenic processes has been the topic of concern and interest world - wide. One of the most significant impacts of the
A source of conflict between Israel and its neighbors for decades, the Jordan River is now depleted by drought, pollution, and overuse. Could the fight to save it forge a path toward peace?
In a blow to the Indian and Israeli researchers, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has decided to leave out TAUVEX (Tel Aviv University Ultra Violet Experiment), an Israeli payload, during the launch of its experimental communication satellite GSAT-4.
Mumbai Mumbai, facing its worst ever water crisis, will take lessons from Israel, which tackles its own huge deficit with the help of artificial rain, desalination and treatment of brackish and effluent water. Having depended entirely on natural water sources so far, the BMC is now looking at non-conventional sources …
The battered economy of Gaza in Palestine is a media staple in most parts of the world. Of course, not in Israel. The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem decided to do something to mend matters. In mid-2009, it distributed video cameras to 18 young people in Gaza and set them …
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal plans to replicate Israel's success in apple cultivation in his state. "With no snowfall and much lesser rain than us, they produce 50 tonnes of apple per hectare.We produce one-fifth of it, " he says. Apple production dropped almost to half in the …
The Israeli government has offered to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Himachal Pradesh for water management and renewable energy. This follows the keen interest shown by Chief Minister PK Dhumal and the team who are on a visit to Israel to study irrigation and poly-houses technology so as …
SHIMLA: The Israeli Government has offered to sign a memorandum of understanding with Himachal Pradesh for water management and renewable energy in the wake of keen interest shown by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and his team who are on a visit to Israel to study irrigation and poly-house technology. …
CHANDIGARH: Leading Israeli players in cutting edge solar energy technology, agriculture, water management and environmental and water pollution solutions are likely to visit Punjab as part of new joint development ventures proposed between Israel and Punjab. Disclosing that the Government of India has been approached to facilitate the process, an …
Washington: Scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a new, environmentally friendly silicon-air battery capable of supplying non-stop power for thousands of hours without needing to be replaced. Created from oxygen and silicon, such batteries would be lightweight, have an unlimited shelf life, and have a high tolerance …
Investing in socially and environmentally responsible companies or sectors which tackle climate change or resource scarcity is gaining momentum as it offers a unique diversifying opportunity, fund manager RCM says. Sustainability investment is an approach designed to pick companies which manage environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. It also involves …
It is only apt that Israel's Cabinet approved an important environmental decision on the day its parliament celebrated World Environment Day in June 2009
Although the first batch of swine flu vaccines are supposed to be ready and licenced by October, most healthcare workers do not want to be the first to be vaccinated. The reason behind the reluctance is the 1976 swine flu fiasco in the US when the vaccine supposedly killed 25 …
