The grandeur of the sight is compelling. An under-construction flyover – some three kilometres in length”overlooking a sea of human beings, cars, motorbikes, buses, mini trucks, scooters, cycle rickshaws, bicycles, carts, animals – all bravely navigating the crests and troughs of what can be termed as a ‘road’ if only one wants to be politically…
Foreign Minister SM Krishna addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 29. Given below is the full text version of the minister’s speech. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. At the outset, please allow me to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly. My delegation assures you of its fullest cooperation…
To spread awareness about environment conservation and help curb air, water and soil pollution in every village of Maharashtra, the state’s rural development minister Jayant Patil will initiate a plan that will be introduced within the next year. Addressing a press conference on September 28, Patil said, ‘We have asked the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board…
Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has expressed his interest to the environment ministry to raise global awareness to save India’s tigers. According to sources in the ministry, the actor has expressed his interest to play a crucial role in sensitizing the global community to the cause of the Indian tiger. An official stated, ‘DiCaprio plans to…
The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure is expected to propose a policy that will strike a balance between development and ecological concerns. The policy is being drafted to end a tussle between the ministry of environment and the ministry of coal over the mining issue. The new policy will relax the ‘no-go area’ norms laid down…
This conversation almost did not happen. In what can be termed as a role reversal, the interviewee, Krishan Pal Gurjar, president of BJP Haryana and MLA from Tigaon, had to wait for over an hour for the CauseBecause team, delayed by the most chaotic traffic mess along the border. Anyway, Gurjar was getting late for…
‘Climate change gets the headline, biodiversity does not get the headlines,’ Jairam Ramesh, environment minister, told PTI as he left New York this weekend after a week of attending environment-related meetings, including those with US climate change negotiator Todd Stern and Chinese environment minister Xie Zhenhua. Ramesh said that the Convention on Biodiversity was as…
arlier this month, three Pune-based youths and one from Ahmednagar were selected as ‘green champions’ for Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2010, for their contribution to the environment through documentaries,waste-management projects,and leadership in environment-related activities in their respective colleges. Then, there was quite a buzz around celebrating World Environment Day on September 16, to spread awareness about…
‘It is sad to hear that female foeticide is still going on in the country. There is still a disparity between the genders and the only way we can empower the girls is by way of education,’ said veteran actress and human rights activist Shabana Azmi while releasing a report The State of the girl…
‘To meet the challenges of congestion, pollution and fuel consumption, India needs to do better urban planning and management. We need to have a better public transport system that can appeal people and encourage them to minimally use their private vehicles. Absence of mass transport and transit system results in city dwellers depending on private…
