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What is a river?
Posted on 15 Dec, 2014 01:56 PMThe magic that is a river, brings out a huge canvas of emotions even amongst the most hardened of us.

Invitation to the '5th India International Water Summit', Indian Chamber of Commerce, New Delhi
Posted on 11 Dec, 2014 05:16 PMKnow more about the summit.
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TSR Committee offers a frail framework to robust laws
Posted on 11 Dec, 2014 01:38 PMMore than three months ago, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) had constituted a High Level Committee, chaired by TSR Subramanian, former Cabinet Secretary, to review the key environment laws, viz. Environment (Protection) Act, Wildlife (Protection) Act, Forest (Conservation) Act, and Water and Air Pollution Prevention and Control Act.

‘Blue’ print for a model village
Posted on 10 Dec, 2014 01:08 PMOn October 11, 2014, the Government of India launched an ambitious scheme for village development – the Saansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY).

Are we heading towards ecological and social suicide?
Posted on 10 Dec, 2014 10:17 AMIn the article titled 'A hundred days closer to ecological and social suicide' published in the Economic and Political Weekly, the author argues that the recent changes in the government do not seem to have helped in changing the environmental policies of the country. Rather, they reflect regressive actions that could lead to a large-scale assault on rules, laws

Applications invited for the post of 'Junior Research Fellow under the DST sponsored Project', Amity School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Haryana
Posted on 03 Dec, 2014 03:35 PMApplication are invited for engagement of one post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) purely on temporary/contractual basis for three years under the DST sponsored Project entitled “Carbon dioxide fixation by culturable and non culturable (metagenomic approach) microbial community and role of microbe for calcite and biofuel production”
Government to reconsider river interlinking project
Posted on 03 Dec, 2014 09:47 AMGovernment to scrap river interlinking project, if it will pose threat to environment: Uma Bharti

Invitation to the Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop on 'Climate Change', G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
Posted on 02 Dec, 2014 06:23 PMWorkshop Objectives:

Invitation to the Environmental Film Festival, Quotes from the Earth, Toxic Links
Posted on 02 Dec, 2014 04:28 PMEnvironmental Film Festival ‘Quotes from the Earth’ has been the first of its kind in the Indian Capital Since 2004. It uses a discursive platform to highlight environmental challenges at the national and international level through films that happen to be one of the most powerful medium of communication and discussion.
