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 …
Brian Gitta, 24, has reportedly become the first Ugandan to win the prestigious Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, after he invented a device which tests malaria without drawing blood. According to BBC, Gitta invented the device after three blood tests failed to diagnose his own malaria. The device is called …
Thiruvananthapuram: With an aim to ensure transparency in mining activities in the state, the department of mining and geology has launched an e-governance initiative titled Kerala Online Mining Permit Awarding Services (KOMPAS). District geologist A K Manoj said that KOMPAS will offer various services of the department online. It can …
Research firm Global Water Intelligence has named a financing model used in Rwanda’s Kigali Bulk Water Supply project as the 2018 Water Deal of the Year. The project was recognised during the Global Water Summit held in France this week. Claire McCollum, master of ceremony at the awards, said: “It …
NEW DELHI: Delivering the keynote address at the 8th Earth Care Awards function, Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan appealed to citizens to do at least one ‘Green Good Deed’ every day. “It’ll be a great step towards saving our environment,” said the minister while addressing a gathering of environmentalists, industrialists …
RAIPUR: The Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district has been recognised as the best such centre in the country for its initiatives like developing nutrition gardens and promoting integrated farming techniques. Dr S K Patil, the vice chancellor of Raipur-based Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV), and Kanker Krishi Vigyan …
Countdown-2025: A TB Centrestage Discussion, and REACH Media Awards held in Capital “If you want to fight tuberculosis, it has to be done keeping the patient at the centre of discussion. For too long now, TB has been viewed as a problem of a select group. TB is everyone’s problem …
Sembcorp Energy India Ltd (SEIL) has been awarded a 300 MW wind power project in the country’s third nationwide wind power auction conducted recently. This is the third consecutive bid win for the subsidiaries of Sembcorp Green Infra Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEIL. With this win SEIL has won …
We previously wrote about an interesting project called the Lightyear One, a fully solar-powered electric car. The project just recently won the prestigious Climate Change Award at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). We’ve heard plenty of rumors about solar-powered cars. They are the holy grail of the electric vehicle (EV) …
BHUBANESWAR: Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) won the 18th Energy Globe World Award -2017 as the one and only organisation from India. The Energy Globe World Award is an international award in the field of environment instituted by the Energy Globe Foundation annually to recognise projects that make careful …
BHUBANESWAR: The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) has reached the final rounds of Energy Globe Award -2017 as the only organisation from India. The university is vying for the award for modernising its kitchen for 27,000 students through biogas plant, steam-based cooking System, solar heating system and rain water …
A Brazilian activist who helped thousands of people in the Amazon rainforest to use their land sustainably won an international environmental award on Wednesday. Despite threats from logging companies, Maria Margarida Ribeiro da Silva, from the northern state of Pará, has been campaigning for more than a decade for the …
The two officials are Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve director S. Kulandivel and field director of Sundarbans Tiger Reserve Nilanjan Mullick. Kolkata: The Kolkata International Wildlife and Environment Film Festival (KIWEFF) authorities conferred its “Golden Tiger Best Green Administrator Award” jointly to two government officials working in the Sundarns. The two officials …
Trichy: Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited have bagged six national awards from National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM) for Best Environmental Excellence in Cement Plant, Best Electrical Energy Performance and Thermal Energy Performance and Improvement. In a function held recently at New Delhi, PK Tripathy, group manufacturing head and …
Mumbai, November 21, 2017: Mahindra Special Services Group (MSSG) a subsidiary of Mahindra Defence Systems Limited, India’s leading corporate security risk consulting firm has won the prestigious International Green Apple Award for the Coconut Project. Mahindra SSG Coconut Project comprised coco painting and coco planting as two initiatives aimed at …
SA’s leading AIDS researchers‚ professors Salim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim‚ have scooped the esteemed Institute for Human Virology (IHV) Lifetime Achievement Award for exceptional public service for their contributions to the global AIDS response. The prestigious award will be presented by Dr Robert Gallo‚ who discovered HIV as the cause …
“I am proud as the Governor of Iowa State to proclaim Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate.” With these words, Governor Kim Reynolds, officially named President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, on behalf of the World …
The following press release comes to you under an arrangement with PRNewswire. PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same). Orange Renewable Awarded 200 MW Wind Project in the State of Tamil Nadu NEW DELHI, October 16, 2017/PRNewswire/ -- Orange Renewable, a 100% subsidiary of Singapore-based AT Holdings Pte. Ltd, …
The State guarantee for procurement of solar power from Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Project by the state DISCOMs was signed on Monday. The Guarantee is a unique initiative by the state Government of Madhya Pradesh for Payment Security Mechanism, which had a great role to play in the phenomenally low …
The 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for improving images made of biological molecules. Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson will share the nine million kronor (£831,000) prize. They were named at a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden. They developed a technique called cryo-electron …
The IGBC has already done the ‘green audit’ of the Puttamarajuvari Kandriga village. Nellore: The village adopted by cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar—‘Puttamraju Vari Kandriga’ of Gudur Mandal, SPSR Nellore district, has been chosen as the first ‘Green Village’ in the state of Andhra Pradesh by the Indian Green Building Council …
