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OneWorld South Asia is looking for freelance journalists for the North East and a few other States
Posted on 04 Jan, 2012 09:07 AMThe OneWorld network spans five continents and produces content in nine different languages to bring the world’s poor and marginalised voices in global debates to audiences worldwide. OneWorld Foundation India believes technology is a strong enabler of development and empowerment and draws on its democratic potential to promote sustainable development and human rights in the South Asia region.
Training program on domestic wastewater treatment & reuse, CSE, January 18-21,2012, New Delhi
Posted on 03 Jan, 2012 02:19 PMOrganization: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Venue: Anil Aggrawal Green College,
Centre for Science and Environment,
38, Tughlakabad Institutional Area (Near Batra Hospital),
New Delhi- 110062
Performance audit of water pollution in India – A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Posted on 03 Jan, 2012 11:44 AMThe issue was examined by CAG because various stakeholders working in the field of environment flagged water pollution as the most important environmental issue that concerns us.
The audit was conducted through document analysis, collection of responses to questionnaires, physical collection and testing of samples. The results of audit, both at the Central level and the State level, were taken into account for arriving at audit conclusions.
Lady Tata Memorial Trust invites applications for “Young Research Awards – 2012” – Apply by January 16, 2012
Posted on 03 Jan, 2012 07:52 AMThe Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, one of the oldest, non-sectarian philanthropic organisations in India, was set up by Sir Dorabji Tata with the prime purpose of encouraging learning and research in the country, of meeting costs of relief during crises and calamities and of carrying out worthwhile charitable activities. The Trust’s vision of constructive philanthropy has been sensitive to the fast-growing needs of a developing nation, while the work initiated by it holds contemporary relevance as it continues to support innovative enterprises in development.
SBFP invites applications for Infrastructure Consultant, Sikkim - Apply by January 10, 2012
Posted on 02 Jan, 2012 06:22 PMSikkim Biodiversity Conservation & Forest Management Project (SBFP) works to strengthen biodiversity conservation activities and forest management capacity, and to improve livelihood for the local people who are dependent on forests by promoting sustainable biodiversity conservation, afforestation and income generation activities including eco-tourism for community development, thereby contributing environment conservation and harmonized socio-economic development of Sikkim.
Unaglobal Consult & Marketing calls for EoI from paddy farmers in India to support farmers in Nigeria - Apply by January 8, 2012
Posted on 02 Jan, 2012 03:32 PMUnaglobal is a consulting firm that sources and markets commodities. It was established to service its clients for import, export and investment activities in the Imo state of Nigeria, under the umbrella organisation of Imo State Investment Promotion Agency (ISIPA).
International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO), Geological Society of India, January 22, 2012
Posted on 02 Jan, 2012 02:46 PMOrganizer: Geological Society of India
Meghalaya Water Resources Development Agency invites applications for EOI – Apply by January 4, 2012
Posted on 02 Jan, 2012 12:46 PMIRRAD invites applications for Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowships, Gurgaon – Apply by February 15, 2012
Posted on 02 Jan, 2012 12:20 PMInstitute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD) is an initiative of the S.M. Sehgal Foundation dedicated to creating a brighter future for India’s rural communities. We envision rural people across India motivated and empowered to make their lives more secure and prosperous. IRRAD designs, tests and replicates scalable community-based models for rural development in the areas of water management, agriculture, sanitation, governance and education. It also builds capacities of communities and community-based institutions to enable them to undertake their own development. These initiatives are transformed into action through IRRAD’s four centers: Natural Resource Management, Policy, Governance & Advocacy Capacity Building, and Rural Research Center. Most of IRRAD’s field work is focused in 206 villages of Mewat (Haryana), one of the most backward regions in India.
Cyclone Thane hits landfall between Puducherry and Cuddalore districts in Tamil Nadu, Heavy rainfall expected over Kerala in the next 24 hours - An update on floods, disasters, extreme weather events (1 to 31 December 2011)
Posted on 01 Jan, 2012 04:50 PMIt has been dominated by reports of a major cyclone Thane that lay centered on the the 29th December 2011 near latitude 12.30N and longitude 83.00E, about 300 km east-southeast of Chennai (Tamilnadu) and 480 km north-northeast of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka). Earlier reports related to the cyclone Thane indicate predictions and cyclone warnings made by the IMD for the north of Tamil Nadu and the south Andhra Pradesh coast along with possibility of heavy rains and severe winds and warnings for fishermen to refrain from going into the sea.
Later reports indicate that Cyclone Thane has hit the landfall between the Union territory of Puducherry and neighbouring Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu at about 9 am leaving behind a trail of devastation followed by later reports of weakening of the cyclone activity and predictions of heavy rainfall over Kerala, south interior Karnataka and north interior Tamil Nadu