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School syllabi to go green, says GCERT |
Palak Nandi |
The Indian Express , Tuesday, March 29, 2005 |
Ahmedabad, March 28: IT won’t be long before students of Class V, VI and VII will be able to test the quality of drinking water in their school laboratories. They can check on biological contamination ...More
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Setting up norms to protect the Earth |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Monday, March 28, 2005 |
SITTING ON a straight back rigid iron chair at the British Council in the Capital, Lord Julian Hunt - professor of Climate Modelling in the Department of Space and Climate Physics and the Department o ...More
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UK experts want to bring pollution forecast to India |
NIRMALA GANAPATHY |
The Indian Express , Monday, March 28, 2005 |
NEW DELHI, MARCH 27: An International group of consultants specialising in forecasting pollution levels for cities across the world now wants to head for India. Lord Julian Hunt, a professor of climat ...More
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Polluted air trapped over Bihar |
Staff Reporter |
The Tribune , Friday, March 25, 2005 |
New Delhi, March 24Pollution observed over Bihar by the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) does not originate there but is most likely due to transportation of pollution from western ...More
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Air quality monitoring just got a fresh lease of life |
Vinita Deshmukh |
The Indian Express , Friday, March 11, 2005 |
IF the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) grand plans of acting as a nodal agency to monitor the city’s air pollution have come a cropper, the advent of an expert from the United States Environmental ...More
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Notice to BMC on shoddy waste disposal method |
Staff Reporter |
The Pioneer , Thursday, March 03, 2005 |
Acting upon a complaint filed by the MP Pollution Control Board, Chief Judicial Magistrate Anil Kumar Gupta slapped a show cause notice on a Bhopal Municipal Corporation assistant engineer for failing ...More
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Need to prevent pollution stressed |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Wednesday, March 02, 2005 |
BELLARY, MARCH 1. G. Ramaprasad, senior specialist and former Resident Medical Officer of Wellesely TB and Chest Diseases Hospital, underlined the need to prevent air pollution to health problems.
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Air pollution: No respite for Delhiites |
Staff Reporter |
Hindustan Times , Tuesday, February 22, 2005 |
Almost two years after CNG was introduced in Delhi, the Capital's air still remains far from being safe, pollution control experts say, warning it could spell health problems for people suffering from ...More
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US faces global warming threat |
Staff Reporter |
The Telegraph , Monday, February 21, 2005 |
Washington, Feb. 20 (Reuters): Global warming could stifle cleansing summer winds across northern parts of the US over the next 50 years and worsen air pollution, US researchers said yesterday. Furthe ...More
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Kyoto and beyond |
Staff Reporter |
Business Standard , Sunday, February 20, 2005 |
Nearly seven years after being agreed upon, the Kyoto protocol has finally come into force from February 16. The protocol is intended to reduce air pollution from greenhouse gases, rekindling hopes th ...More
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Air pollution: No respite for Delhiites |
Staff Reporter |
Hindustan Times , Saturday, February 19, 2005 |
Almost two years after CNG was introduced in Delhi, the Capital's air still remains far from being safe, pollution control experts say, warning it could spell health problems for people suffering from ...More
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1 week extension for pollution drive |
Staff Reporter |
The Indian Express , Thursday, February 10, 2005 |
New Delhi, February 9: The Transport Department has decided to extend their drive against polluting vehicles by another week as per directions of the Chief Secretary. The department had started a week ...More
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Throwing new light on a cleaner drive |
S. Muralidhar |
The Hindu Business line , Sunday, February 06, 2005 |
EVEN six years ago, vehicular pollution was a non-issue in the country. But as more multinational automobile companies drove in, new technology products were launched, and people became aware of the i ...More
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Drive against polluting vehicles intensifies |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Thursday, February 03, 2005 |
NEW DELHI, FEB. 2. After teething troubles on the first day, the Delhi Government today intensified its drive against polluting vehicles entering the Capital.
Stating that the drive could not yield ...More
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Sustainable development as the key to a safe future |
Jayanta Basu |
The Telegraph , Tuesday, February 01, 2005 |
Around 40,000 sq ft in an upmarket pocket dedicated to environment. A jamboree to spread awareness about sustainable development, which alone can lead to a safe future. Green songs by popular Bangla b ...More
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Pollution cloud on Bengal |
Jayanta Basu |
The Statesman , Monday, January 31, 2005 |
Calcutta, Jan. 30: If Laloo Prasad Yadav’s Bihar is really affected by “an immense wintertime pool of pollution” as claimed by a Nasa study yesterday, experts feel that adjoining states, including Ben ...More
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