Corporate social responsibility (CSR) was an alien term for the majority of Indian businesses until a few years back. The ‘term’ became a ‘concept’ over time, yet has remained more alien than not. There are as many interpretations as there are talking and decision-making heads”for some it is philanthropy, for some it is an obligation,…
Living in a city and caught up in the cross-currents of our daily living dilemmas and demands, we barely notice the pollution that is there all around us, inside us, sometimes in deafening forms, but mostly in a surreptitious manner. If truth be told, pollution, which is clearly one of the leading contributing factors to…
In probably the first significant policy decision under the new minister Jayanthi Natarajan, the ministry of environment and forests has sought to ‘simplify’ the processes that are followed for obtaining environmental and forest clearances. The move is aimed at removing roadblocks in major development projects including several national highways and industrial or mining projects that…
As part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR), the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is planning to build a home for girls. To be built near Inderlok metro station, the home is expected to be built nine months after awarding of the contract and will have capacity to house about 50 girls. The home for…
In a bid to fast-track highways projects, the ministry of road transport and highways (MORTH) has asked the government to de-link environment and forest clearances for such projects. According to the ministry, it takes about 12-15 months to seek environment clearance, another 1 year to 2 years to get forest clearance, and over three years…
The Supreme Court has slammed the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for outsourcing of the green report of an area to a project promoter seeking green clearances for the same area. The report creation is the job of the special officials of the ministry itself. The ministry had asked Nirma Ltd to prepare a…
Extensive mineral extraction, farming and deforestation, and unscientific construction of highways and railways by the Chinese have left the ecological balance of the Tibetan plateau vulnerable, the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala has stated in a report titled ‘A synthesis of recent science and Tibetan research on climate change’. According to the report, the temperature increase…
India will receive a loan of 200 million euros from the European Union to finance multiple private sector projects for the development of renewable energy resources. The loan will be made available by the European Investment Bank (EIB) to ICICI Bank, India’s largest private bank. It is intended to provide long-term funding for investments in…
Site Hacked by :Pak Falcons: H4CKED By Pak Falcons Alert!. This Website Has Been Officially Hacked By Pak Falcons. Pakistan Zindabad! Team Members! ArkeologeN Particular Hacker Dupe italian.AVG Ange Toxiques Ac3T[I]c Ac[I]D Kombat Korsan. Weird Hacker Killer-SK…
Civil rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who is in her 11th year of fasting against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, has invited anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare to visit her state Manipur, calling it ‘the most corruption-affected region in the world.’ Addressed by many as the ‘iron lady of Manipur’, Sharmila’s invitation reads thus: ‘I…
