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Docu film festival comes to city
Chitra Parmar
Ahmedabad: Films based on issues related to human trafficking, destruction of humankind, extremism, women’s struggle and other environmental issues will be screened in the city.
These films have been selected from 35 documentaries shown in the competitive section of Film South Asia ’09, the ‘Mother Festival’, held in Kathmandu in September 2009.
- Date:
- 12/03/2010
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- Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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FinCom sets Rs 5K cr for ecology-based projects
The 13th Finance Commission (TFC) has allocated Rs 5,000 crores as forest grant to support ecology-based projects initiated by of ministry of forests and environment (MF&E).
Another Rs 2,063 crores have been allocated to support for state-specific projects.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Asian Age (New Delhi)
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Swaminathan training for SSC students
Nellore, March 10: M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, will be conducting a Vocation Training programme for students of Class X between May 3 and 29, 2010.
Students will be exposed to a variety of topics in the broad area of biotechnology and biodiversity conservation during the four weeks programme which is a residential workshop.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
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- Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
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No say for power ministry in green panel irks Shinde
NEW DELHI: The power ministry may be the government's main instrument for implementing measures to reduce carbon emissions and improve efficiency in the energy sector but a group of experts put together by the Planning Commission to prepare a roadmap to turn the country on a low carbon growth pathway has left out the ministry, much to the chagrin of power minister Sushilkumar Shinde.
- Date:
- 11/03/2010
- Source:
- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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LEED Gold certification for Assembly building
“It has become India's largest governmental green building”
CHENNAI: The new Legislative Assembly building on Omanthoorar Estate on Tuesday received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certification from the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC).
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
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- Hindu (Chennai)
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Koraput to have CSIR centre
BHUBANESWAR: Koraput will soon be connected to the nationwide network of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratories as it is chosen as an extension centre to have a pool of master trainers to train grassroots-level people in applied technologies in various fields.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
- Source:
- New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
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Delhi most liveable city
Sandeep Joshi
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Organic living: chemical breakthroughs set stage for ‘Green’ revolution
Plastics derived from plants may solve waste crisis
San Francisco: Researchers at IBM on Tuesday said that they have discovered a way to make an Earth-friendly plastic from plants that could replace petroleum-based products, which are tough on the environment.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Now, Posco faces Church heat
Catholic Church Joins Villagers In Opposing Rs 50,000-Cr Plant In Orissa
Nageshwar Patnaik BHUBANESWAR
AFTER Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta Resources, now it is Korea’s Posco that is facing the heat from the Catholic Church, which has declared to stand by the villagers opposed to the setting up of the Rs 50,000 crore mega steel venture near Paradip in Orissa.
- Date:
- 10/03/2010
- Source:
- Economic Times (New Delhi)
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Noise bar on construction
Noisy work at construction sites at night could attract a fine and a jail term
The state environment department on Monday banned with immediate effect construction activities that generate noise in residential areas between 10pm and 6am. Violators can be both fined and jailed, if police act on complaints.
- Date:
- 09/03/2010
- Source:
- Telegraph (Kolkata)
