ENVIRONMENT
Christopher Murray Paul-Huhne, a Liberal Democrat politician and cabinet minister,UK government highlights the impending threat of climate change and its adverse impact on food, water, health and security.
Chris Huhne: `The Geopolitics of climate change`
Environmental Expert (press release)
[13] A quarter of India's harvest could be threatened by loss of groundwater. Tensions over water will threaten internal security. Water politics in the Jordan river basin aggravate Arab-Israeli conflicts. Most alarming is the coming conflict over ...
Over 2000 glaciers retreating in country
Times of India
LUCKNOW: For better planning and management of water resources, the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) and department of space conducted satellite-based monitoring of the glaciers across the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra river basins. ...
Banning plastic bags in Mumbai.
Mumbai: Plastic bags not free anymore!
IBNLive.com
As per a union ministry of environment notification. CEO of Retailers Association of India Kumar Rajagopalan said, "for customers it is not big money but the minute you're asked to pay for it you start thinking its got a value. ...
KIT: Environment education in India
Business Standard
Environment studies is a nascent field in India. But with growing awareness about the environment, more students are likely to take interest in the field. Customers and stakeholders would expect corporations to be more responsible about the impact of ...
Trees paying the price for the urban development in Jharkhand....
Over 60000 trees to be felled for road widening
Economic Times
HAZARIBAGH (Jharkhand): Union forest and environment ministry has permitted to fell tree on 135.77 hectares of forest land to National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for construction of four-lane of NH-33 between Hazaribag and Ranchi on the NH-33, ...
Funding issues in India
Mandating cos to give money for social work not advisable: Mukesh
Chandigarh Tribune
... when they had come to India on a philanthropic exercise to persuade promoters to give away their wealth to charity. Ambani also said that CSR cannot be understood in isolation of the ecosystem. Referring to differences in the social environment, ...
| A cycle yatra across India |
| Pedal power to spread environmental awarness IBNLive.com To spread awareness about the environment, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board and Active Bicyclers Association have been organising a cycle yatra across India. Thirty students of Acharya Nagarjuna University are participating in the yatra, ... |
Cars sales shows a dip in month of June ?
India Car Sales Growth Slows in June
Wall Street Journal
"We believe low [vehicle] penetration levels coupled with a healthy and sustainable economic environment and increasing per capita income will drive long-term growth of the auto industry." Car sales in India surged 30% in the financial year ended
March ...
PUNE
More news coming on reckless driving by PMPML drivers, the growing traffic mess in near railway station in Pune and others....
Arrogant, reckless drivers make it a rough ride on PMPML buses
Pune Newsline
Pune Around 9 pm last Sunday evening, passengers in a PMPML bus heading towards Chinchwad watched with apprehension as the driving kept a foot on the engine ...
Traffic mess outside railway station needs sorting out
Times of India
PUNE: Three reasons why many citizens dither from visiting the railways station at Pune ... state bus terminus, PMPML bus stands and terminals, taxi stands, ...
Remaining cool in situations is an art
Daily News & Analysis
We were travelling by a PMPML bus from Nigdi to Pune the other day, when the conductor asked the girl seated next to us where she wanted to go. ...
PEDESTRIANS
Come, reclaim Bangalore for the pedestrians
Daily News & Analysis
Hasiru Usiru is organising Come, Cross the Road, a programme to highlight pedestrian problems, from 5.30pm to 6.30pm on Monday at five locations in the city. The programme involves activists attempting to cross major roads , and make note of the time ...
AHMEDABAD
Finally CNG buses arrive for BRTS.
Finally CNG buses for BRTS arrive in city to roll out in a week ...
Thirty-five CNG buses will hit the city roads by July.
daily.bhaskar.com/.../GUJ-AHD-
ITDP was prominently featured on the front page of Times of India, Ahmedabad edition, one the largest english daily newspaper published in India. ITDP's transport award to Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited in year 2010 was highlighted in the featured article on five years tenure of Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner, IP Gautam. In a recent reshuffle in state administration, Mr. Gautam has been transferred as principal secretary, Gujarat state urban development department.
Nagar Ratna Awards: Ahmedabad best-run municipal corporation
IBNLive.com
PTI | 06:07 PM,Jul 08,2011 Mumbai, Jul 8 (PTI) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, whose Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) has caught the attention of ...
The Ahmedabad Bus Rapid Transit System, run by Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited introduces smart card system for ticketing. The new system will allow passengers to swap the card for easy boarding of BRTS buses. On an average per day 1.25 lakh passengers board BRTS buses.
link : http://ahmedabadmirror.com/
OTHERS
The Economist is wrong, print media is declining in India too
Firstpost
Unlike Zee, which saw the need to increase subscription revenues and succeeded in the task, The Times of India and other newspapers cannot do much by way to increase subscriber revenues. Which brings us to the third news story that the environment ...
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