Development will happen, but not at the cost of environment and nature: Ramesh
‘Economic growth is our overriding priority; there is no doubt that we have to grow at 8 to 9 per cent a year, but not at the cost of environment, not at the cost of nature, not at the cost of our forests,
Empowered women, rural progress and green revolution will help India prosper
‘There is no substitute to women empowerment. If we have to bring social equality in the country, women have to be happy in individual homes as well as society. The nation will not prosper without their happiness,’ said President Pratibha Patil. ‘Women had
CSR kitty of oil companies to subsidize gas for rural poor
With an aim to provide clean fuel to rural India, the finance ministry has approved the oil ministry’s proposal to provide extremely subsidized cooking gas connections to over seven million poor families in rural areas. The subsidy will be shared equally between the
CSR is a way of doing business ‘will be considered in Companies Bill 2009
‘There was no question of making corporate social responsibility (CSR) mandatory,’ said Salman Khursheed, minister of corporate affairs, in an interview to Mint on October 9 while discussing the Companies Bill, 2009, that will soon be tabled before the parliament. ‘I think CSR
116 roads violate Forest Act in Himachal; forest department and PWD guilty
A total of 116 roads in Himachal Pradesh were built violating Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. Moreover, the no-objection certificates (NOCs) to build the roads were issued by unauthorized persons like patwaris, range officers and block development officers (BDOs). The matter is now sub
Omidyar’s philanthropy to catalyse economic, social and political change
In the beginning of this month, Janaagraha, a Bengaluru-based non-profit organization, received a grant worth $3 million from a US-based philanthropic investment firm that had recently started operations in India. The funding will be used to upscale Janaagraha’s citizen engagement and urban governance
Polluted air increases severity of asthma
A recent research conducted jointly by experts at Stanford University and University of California has found that polluted air directly affects a gene that appears to increase the severity of asthma in children. The study was done on 181 children with and without
Hindus and Muslims to build ‘school of self-actualization’ at Ayodhya site
In a landmark turn of events that will very well amaze people across the world who have been following the Ayodhya verdict, Hindu and Muslim parties have come to a mutual understanding and decided to not build either a temple or a masjid
Easy environment conservation idea: Save energy by saving food
It is difficult to believe that just by not wasting food the United States could immediately save the energy equivalent of that produced by about 350 million barrels of oil a year. US-based scientists Michael Webber and Amanda Cuellar note that food contains
About 3,500 Indians and Chinese will die of aircraft pollution this year
The harmful pollutants emitted by an aircraft at an altitude of 35,000 feet are fatal for people, says a study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology (EST). The report reads that almost 8,000 people will die due to aircraft pollutants this