Political

Venue: Management Strategies at College of Technology, Udaipur

Contact: shiloo592003@yahoo.co.uk

Water, Environment and Media

Organisers: Makhanlal Chaturvedi University of Journalism and Mass Communication and Hindi India Water Portal

Venue: Makhanlal Chaturvedi University, Bhopal, M.P. 

Date: 14th January 2010 at 9:00-4:00 PM

Contact: Minakshi Arora - water.community@gmail.com

Imagine a journalist, activist or government official receiving a press release and a video in her inbox and it reads, “The practice of Untouchability in schools in India is a problem many people assume no longer happens. Well, last month, 60 community journalists investigated the issue in every state in India, and found troubling visual evidence of the practice across the country. These activist-journalists are rallying their communities to address this issue. Will you join them in speaking out? See the proof, realize the scale of the problem and take action!”
 
Clicking on the link leads you to a video gallery with 60 short videos, each from a different region/state, demonstrating the widespread nature of this issue and other problems. The main video provides a journalistic roundup of the overall problem.  Other links lead viewers to take concrete action to combat the issue.

 World water day concert, 22 MARCH 2010, Kochi, Kerala

Pls let us know the water consumption per day in indian industry...

It was an uncharacteristically sunny day for the monsoon, with blindingly clear skies. Namgye Chumbi was weeding his potato garden in Phakding by the Dudh Kosi on the morning of 4 August 1985.

There weren't too many trekkers on the trail. The Dudh Kosi was tumbling noisily over boulders nearby. Around two in the afternoon, the river went quiet. Namgye sensed danger.

"I noticed that the white water had turned muddy brown, and in the distance I heard a thundering sound like an approaching helicopter," recalls the 50-year-old farmer. "I looked upstream and saw this huge wall of dark brown water approaching very fast."

The Resource Alliance and the Rockefeller Foundation are pleased to invite applications for the India NGO Awards 2009. The Awards, as you may be aware were instituted in 2006 to recognise and felicitate those organisations that have demonstrated best practices in creative resourcing, financial management, governance and impact in the community.

Non Governmental Organisations from across the country are encouraged to send in their entries under one of the three categories based on their annual budget for 2008-09.

Categories

• Small: Annual budget under Rs 50 lakhs
• Medium: Annual budget between Rs 50 lakhs and Rs 5 crores
• Large: Annual budget over Rs 5 crores 

Cyclone Aila hit the coasts of Bengal on May 25th displacing millions from their homes and livelihoods in the Sundarbans. AID responded immediately working with Baikanthapur Tarun Sangh (BTS), Mukti and Rights & Equity for All (REFA). Relief & Rehab efforts reached out to 150,000 people in 7 blocks of 2 districts in West Bengal.
             

Kanpur, November 24, 2009: Shri Alok Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, UP Urban Development and Environment, inaugurated the workshop organized by WWF India, Kanpur Nagar Nigam and IIT Kanpur.