VARANASI: For sometime now there has been a great deal of buzz about India’s move to a gas-based economy. And on Monday, 24 th Oct. 2016, this perhaps takes the first step with Prime Minister laying the foundation stone for Rs 1000 crore City Gas Distribution network for Varanasi. The 800 inch km pipeline network […]
NEW DELHI: The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) has taken the lead in integrating culture into the Swachh Bharat initiative with a week-long campaign that includes an awareness exhibition and a lecture series by Arunachalam Muruganantham, the social entrepreneur hailed for bringing the issue of women’s menstrual hygiene in India to the […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: “Environment and climate change must be imbibed and imbued in every development program and project of the state. The Haritha Keralam program announced last week is driven by interventions in three key sectors, sanitation, agriculture and water conservations. Decentralization is central to the success of any such programs as it is the panchayats that […]
GOA: Continuing with its commitment of bringing about a behavioural transformation towards personal hygiene and Cleanliness among Indians, thousands of employees of Domino’s Pizza and Dunkin’ Donuts, came together to participate in a beach cleaning drive in several regions of India, post Ganpati Visarjan (immersion of Lord Ganesha idols). The beach cleaning is a part […]
KOCHI: BKRG – Better Kochi Response Group launched an eco friendly Onam gift to the city of Kochi to commemorate the planting of 25000 fruit and plants trees within three months, under the Kochikkoru Pachakuda project that has set itself an ambitious target of 100,000 trees in one year. Actor Salim Kumar planted the 25000th […]
Jodhpur: Rajasthan High Court acquitted bollywood superstar Salman Khan in the Balack Buck and Chinkara killing case, on Monday.
The news is agreat relief to the actor whose latest film ‘Sultan’ is making great news.
If the HC had upheld the lower court verdict against Salman, he would have had to undergo anything between a 1-year and 5-year jail term. Salman had already spent some time in the jail after the lower court verdict against him.
KOCHI: Kochi recorded the highest temperature this year. Reasons for such a climatic change are heavy Urbanisationn and degeneration of Environment. The pollution level also went up forcing the Green Tribunal to ban large Diesel vehicles. Only possible immediate solution to escape at least partially from this situation is a program of intense planting of […]
KOCHI: The attention of the Central Government has been drawn to some reports of acid or yellow rain in Moolakkada and Kunjithanni villages of Idukki Districts in Kerala and initial tests found that it was not harmful. The matter has been examined by the Scientists of the Indian Cardamom Research Institute (under the Spices Board), […]
The past, present and future of African dust So much dust is scattered across the planet by the winds of the Sahara that it alters the climate. However, the emission and transport of this dust, which can reach the poles, fluctuate considerably. Although many hypotheses have been put forward to explain this phenomenon, no unambiguous […]