Visitors: 146 September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States have made terrorism an international issue. In spite of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and expenditure of trillions of dollars in international efforts to curb terrorism, world does not appear to be safer than before. However, in the process, dignity and civil rights of […]
Visitors: 186 Brussels, 20 September 2011 Today, EU Commissioner Piebalgs was appointed as a member of the High-level Group on Sustainable Energy for all, together with leaders from business, government, international organisation and civil society. He attended the launch of the UN High Level Group in New York, in presence of UN Secretary General Ban […]
Visitors: 201 Brussels, 20 September 2011 Today, EU Commissioner Piebalgs was appointed as a member of the High-level Group on Sustainable Energy for all, together with leaders from business, government, international organisation and civil society. He attended the launch of the UN High Level Group in New York, in presence of UN Secretary General Ban […]
Visitors: 238 Acharya Neeraj is sharing his experiences of 3000 Kms long foot march from Gomukh to Gangasagar to save the holy river Ganga. He completed foot march in about 5 months (150 days). He has been working on water, environment and village economy for around one decade. Video by: Vivek Umrao Glendenning MCIJ International […]
Visitors: 203 Background 1.0. The Need for a National River Policy Flowing rivers are the lifelines of millions of humans and no humans alike. Vast number of people meet their drinking, domestic and non domestic and agricultural needs of water from the water flowing in the rivers. The fisherman and other dependent groups earn their […]
Visitors: 176 In an unprecedented decision today, the Principal Division Bench of the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka constituted by Chief Justice Mr. J. S. Khehar and Justice Mr. H. G. Ramesh have directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP-Bangalore’s civic authority) to stop construction of the controversial Link Road (approximately 4 kms. long) through […]
Visitors: 145 N. S. VENKATARAMAN Chemical Engineer by profession Director of Nandini Consultancy Centre Pvt. Ltd The Founder Trustee of Nandini Voice For The Deprived The acquisition of land for setting up industrial projects have become highly controversial matter, involving socio economic implications , particularly for the people in the lower income group and farmers […]
Visitors: 220 N. S. VENKATARAMAN Chemical Engineer by profession Director of Nandini Consultancy Centre Pvt. Ltd The Founder Trustee of Nandini Voice For The Deprived It causes concern that the likely price of solar power in India may be in the region of Rs. 14/- to 15/- per unit which is beyond the buying capacity […]
Visitors: 201 N. S. VENKATARAMAN Chemical Engineer by profession Director of Nandini Consultancy Centre Pvt. Ltd The Founder Trustee of Nandini Voice For The Deprived It causes concern that the likely price of solar power in India may be in the region of Rs. 14/- to 15/- per unit which is beyond the buying capacity […]
Visitors: 222 N. S. VENKATARAMAN Chemical Engineer by profession Director of Nandini Consultancy Centre Pvt. Ltd The Founder Trustee of Nandini Voice For The Deprived It causes concern that the likely price of solar power in India may be in the region of Rs. 14/- to 15/- per unit which is beyond the buying capacity […]
Visitors: 276 Shankar Sharma, Power Policy Analyst /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;} Over 30 years of professional experience in electricity industry in the areas of generation, transmission and distribution working […]
Visitors: 189 Jaipur, Rajasthan The need of Peoples SAARC Conference of Nature-Human Centric Peoples Movement can be understood by looking at the existing fundamental reality of the official SAARC. And this fundamental reality is that South Asia today has become the most dangerous area of the World where the World faces the threat of the […]
Visitors: 136 Jaipur, Rajasthan The need of Peoples SAARC Conference of Nature-Human Centric Peoples Movement can be understood by looking at the existing fundamental reality of the official SAARC. And this fundamental reality is that South Asia today has become the most dangerous area of the World where the World faces the threat of the […]
Visitors: 139 Jaipur, Rajasthan The need of Peoples SAARC Conference of Nature-Human Centric Peoples Movement can be understood by looking at the existing fundamental reality of the official SAARC. And this fundamental reality is that South Asia today has become the most dangerous area of the World where the World faces the threat of the […]
Visitors: 128 Ongoing attempts by UK-based mining company Vedanta Resources to overturn an Indian government decision blocking a proposed bauxite mine and expansion of an alumina refinery in Orissa should not be allowed to succeed, new report by Amnesty International says. The report, Generalisations, Omissions, Assumptions, reveals that the company has failed to adequately consider […]
Visitors: 128 Ongoing attempts by UK-based mining company Vedanta Resources to overturn an Indian government decision blocking a proposed bauxite mine and expansion of an alumina refinery in Orissa should not be allowed to succeed, new report by Amnesty International says. The report, Generalisations, Omissions, Assumptions, reveals that the company has failed to adequately consider […]
Visitors: 146 Ongoing attempts by UK-based mining company Vedanta Resources to overturn an Indian government decision blocking a proposed bauxite mine and expansion of an alumina refinery in Orissa should not be allowed to succeed, new report by Amnesty International says. The report, Generalisations, Omissions, Assumptions, reveals that the company has failed to adequately consider […]
Visitors: 232 Global warming has been considered as the existential threat for the man kind. The global community has identified many responses to reduce the impact of global warming; effectively reducing the emissions from coal burning is a major step in this regard. Coal power plants, which are considered to be the major source of […]
Visitors: 164 Orissa Amnesty International has urged the Indian authorities to order the immediate clean-up of an alumina refinery in the state of Orissa, following a high court decision to reject plans for its expansion by a subsidiary of the UK-based Vedanta Resources. The High Court of Orissa on Tuesday upheld the Indian government’s decision […]
Visitors: 119 Orissa Amnesty International has urged the Indian authorities to order the immediate clean-up of an alumina refinery in the state of Orissa, following a high court decision to reject plans for its expansion by a subsidiary of the UK-based Vedanta Resources. The High Court of Orissa on Tuesday upheld the Indian government’s decision […]
Visitors: 116 Orissa Amnesty International has urged the Indian authorities to order the immediate clean-up of an alumina refinery in the state of Orissa, following a high court decision to reject plans for its expansion by a subsidiary of the UK-based Vedanta Resources. The High Court of Orissa on Tuesday upheld the Indian government’s decision […]
Visitors: 124 Delhi ‘Lok Adhikar’ is a non-government no-profit organization. Since 2002, it has been working amongst rag-pickers in various localities of Delhi. Most rag-pickers in Delhi happen to be migrant laborers from Bengal, Bihar, Assam or Uttar Pradesh. Many happen to be members of the minority community. ‘Lok Adhikar’ has organized a union of […]
Visitors: 127 Delhi ‘Lok Adhikar’ is a non-government no-profit organization. Since 2002, it has been working amongst rag-pickers in various localities of Delhi. Most rag-pickers in Delhi happen to be migrant laborers from Bengal, Bihar, Assam or Uttar Pradesh. Many happen to be members of the minority community. ‘Lok Adhikar’ has organized a union of […]
Visitors: 120 Delhi ‘Lok Adhikar’ is a non-government no-profit organization. Since 2002, it has been working amongst rag-pickers in various localities of Delhi. Most rag-pickers in Delhi happen to be migrant laborers from Bengal, Bihar, Assam or Uttar Pradesh. Many happen to be members of the minority community. ‘Lok Adhikar’ has organized a union of […]
Visitors: 186 Vienna, Austria, 21 June 2011 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has joined other UN agencies and partners in a call to provide every human on earth with access to modern energy services within the next 20 years. Meeting at an international energy forum in Vienna, 21-23 June, UNDP Associate Administrator Rebeca Grynspan […]