THRISSUR: Pesticide Action Network (PAN India) released its assessment report on the unfortunate incident of deaths and poisonings of small scale farmers and farm workers happened in Yavathmal due to inhalational and contact exposures to pesticides. This report shows ground reality of multitude of issues related to cotton farming right from seed to pesticide application […]
KOCHI: Department of Agriculture, Government of Karnataka in association with Karnataka State Agricultural Produce Processing and Export Corporation Ltd (KAPPEC) and International Competence Centre of Organic Agriculture (ICCOA) will conduct the Organic and Millets 2018 International Trade Fair at Palace Ground, Banagalore, from January 19 to 21, 2018. The Trade Fair will comprise of a […]
KOCHI: As part of the efforts to transit Kerala to the full use of Renewable Energy in the near future, Kerala Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs and Promoters Association, (KREEPA) will conduct a Green Power Expo 2017 from October 24 to 26. Fr. Dr. George Peter Pittapillil, President, KREEPA, said that in the new era of sustainable […]
NEW DELHI: Delhi woke up to a blanket of smog on Friday, after a quiet Dilwai evening gave way to noisy and relentless bursting of firecrackers till late night yesterday, despite a Supreme Court ban on their sale in the NCR. The online indicators of the pollution monitoring stations in the city glowed red, indicating […]
CHANDIGARH: Concerned over the pollution from fireworks, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notices to the two states and the Union territory of Chandigarh asking them to furnish by tomorrow details of licences issued for sale of crackers. The development comes days after the Supreme Court banned the sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR […]
KOCHI: “Acquisition and propagation of information is not the monopoly of a section of University academicians” opined Dr. Anilkumar Vadavathoor. “But it is the prerogative of all erudite persons irrespective of designation and qualification” he added. He was participating in the inaugural function of Water Literacy Project and the releasing of a book on “Water: […]
NEW DELHI: Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan welcomed the apex court’s order and urged people to abide by the SC guidelines and “give green Diwali and our environment a chance”. Experts, welcoming the apex court’s order, cautioned that while firecrackers cause episodic spikes in levels of air pollutants, what is needed is a sustained focus […]
PANAJI: With the monsoon season having come to an end and post-monsoon showers receding, Drishti Lifesaving, the state-appointed professional lifeguard agency will resume setting up of safe swim-zones on Goa’s beaches from today i.e. 9th of October 2017. At the start of the monsoon season, the lifeguard body had issued an advisory instructing visitors to […]
HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI: GMR Institute of Technology (GMRIT) at Rajam in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh has been awarded as the Second Most Clean Campus in India for the year 2017 by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The institute is sponsored by GMR Varalakshmi Foundation (GMRVF), the corporate social responsibility arm of GMR Group. […]