User: sailendram Topic: Water
Category: Management-Approaches :: Conservation
Last updated: Sep 10 2010 05:28 IST RSS 2.0
 
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Call to complain (Cached) 10.9.2010 Telegraph: Calcutta
A call centre will soon come up to record Calcuttans' complaints about civic problems, mayor Sovan Chatterjee announced on Thursday.
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Activists release draft ‘Himalayan Declaration’ to protect region (Cached) 10.9.2010 Indian Express: Delhi
A function was held at the Gandhi Peace Foundation on Thursday to commemorate Himalayan Day, which is observed on September 9.
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How the elephant crossed a bridge and other tales from Odisha’s forests (Cached) 10.9.2010 Tehelka
THE DAY Jairam Ramesh declared the elephant as a ‘national heritage animal’, the Union Minister for Environment and Forests also gave clearance to a major irrigation project in Nayagarh district, Odisha.
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Two US companies working in India selected for US business awards (Cached) 8.9.2010 New Kerala: Sports India
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Protect corals with reef networks: UN study (Cached) 8.9.2010 DNA: Top News
The world should safeguard coral reefs with networks of small no-fishing zones to confront threats such as climate change, and shift from favouring single, big protected areas, a UN study showed.
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GE, PepsiCo India in corporate awards final list (Cached) 8.9.2010 CNN-IBN: Business
The companies have been selected as finalists for the Secretary of State's prestigious 2010 Award for Corporate Excellence.
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GE and PepsiCo in India among 12 ACE finalists (Cached) 8.9.2010 New Kerala: India News
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PCMC to introduce green rating' for new buildings (Cached) 8.9.2010 TOI: All Headlines
PCMC to introduce green rating' for new buildings
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Shivalik could be declared as biosphere reserve: Jairam (Cached) 8.9.2010 Hindustan Times: News
During his speech on the 6th National Meeting of State Biodiversity Boards, Union Minister of Environment and Forests (Independent Charge), Jairam Ramesh informed that there was a proposal from the Punjab Biodiversity Board to declare the Shivalik corridor as biosphere reserve. HT reports.
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People's victory (Cached) 8.9.2010 Frontline
Vedanta will not be able to mine the Niyamgiri hills for bauxite, and for the Dongria Kondhs the MoEF decision is a major victory.
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Landmark fiat (Cached) 8.9.2010 Frontline
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests reverses its approach and refuses clearance to the Vedanta mining project.
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Poisoned ground (Cached) 8.9.2010 Frontline
Hindustan Unilever is avoiding its responsibilities to its workers exposed to mercury in the thermometer factory it owned in Kodaikanal.
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GE India, Pepsico India selected for corporate excellence (Cached) 8.9.2010 Hindustan Times: Business
GE India and Pepsico India are among the 12 American companies working overseas to be selected for the Secretary of State's prestigious 2010 Award for Corporate Excellence.
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A life-giving hill (Cached) 8.9.2010 Deccan Chronicle: DC Comment

Vedanta, a diversified mining company, has failed to get a green signal for mining for bauxite in Niyamgiri — the sacred mountain that upholds universal law for the Dongria Kondh, Kutia Kondh and Jharania Kondh tribes.

The tribals have been resisting the mining since Vedanta set up its alumina refinery in Lanjigarh, at the base of Niyamgiri. The objective was always to mine the Niyamgiri baux

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Nagpur college students launch drive to save birds (Cached) 7.9.2010 Oneindia.in: News
Nagpur, Sep.7 (ANI): A group of college students has launched a drive to save birds since learning that Nagpur's bird population is on the decline.
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PBC conferred with energy efficiency award (Cached) 7.9.2010 Financial Express
PBC conferred with energy efficiency award
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Nagpur college students launch drive to save birds (Cached) 7.9.2010 New Kerala: World News
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India-based multinationals nominated for U.S. award 7.9.2010 Hindu: Business
General Electric Company (India) and PepsiCo (India) are among twelve finalists selected for the United States Secretary of State’s prestigious 2010 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE)....
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Full text: MS Dhoni on match-fixing, tigers and marriage (Cached) 7.9.2010 NDTV
Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has been appointed Uttarakhand's tiger ambassador, speaks to NDTV's Vikram Chandra on a host of issues including tiger conservation, match-fixing, and life after marriage.


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During his break, Smit stays in the service lane (Cached) 7.9.2010 Indian Express: Delhi
Skeet shooter Smit Singh is enjoying a break. He has switched off from the routine of firing round after round at the firing range. But he isn't relaxing.
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