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Applications invited for 'Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development (Round IV)', USAID, Government of Norway, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada and DFID'
Posted on 13 Feb, 2014 01:48 PMKnow more about 'Saving Lives at Birth'
Register for the challenge
Download the RFA for challenge from below.
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Applications invited for 'Workshop/Training Programme on Groundwater', GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
Posted on 13 Feb, 2014 08:48 AMHow to Apply
Completed application form as per the given proforma may be sent to the address of communication by February 25, 2014. Advance E-mail applications are preferred in view of postal delay and only 25 participants are selected, based on various criteria.
Eligibility
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Invite to the 'International Conference on Lakes and Wetlands', Environmental Planning and Coordination Organization, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Posted on 13 Feb, 2014 08:14 AMGet more information on the 'International Conference on Lakes and Wetlands'.
Know more about Environmental Planning and Coordination Organization.
Download the conference brochure from below.
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Series of Open Conference Calls on, 'A Market Led, Evidence Based, Approach to Rural Sanitation', Monitor Inclusive Markets
Posted on 13 Feb, 2014 07:49 AMThe conference calls will be held on March 13, 2014
Please RSVP to inmim@deloitte.com with the call you intend to join in order to receive dial-in information and materials.
Get more information on the conference.
![Whitepaper Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/whitepaper.png?itok=Q_M5CBAo)
Invite to the 'WASH Conference and Training Program', International WaterCentre, Brisbane, Australia
Posted on 12 Feb, 2014 05:38 PMProgram Overview:
![International Water Centre](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/washbanner_0.jpg?itok=bWZGFgPr)
Invitation to the 'International Conference on Water Sanitation & Recycling', Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture, Mumbai
Posted on 12 Feb, 2014 05:03 PMOverview:
Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (MACCIA) invites participation from all over National & International Level for the Conference. The Conference shall witness participation from:
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Invitation to the 'Science Fair and Seminar', Save The Environment, Tripura
Posted on 12 Feb, 2014 03:22 PMProgramme Overview:
Organizers cordially invite you to attend Science and Technology Fair, Drawing and Quiz Competitions from 18-20 February, 2014, everday between 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. and Seminar, Prize Distribution and Cultural Programme on 20 February, 2014 from 3.00 p.m. onwards.
Venue: Town Hall, Belonia South Tripura.
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New crop insurance scheme for Pudukottai, TN
Posted on 10 Feb, 2014 07:06 PMPudukottai gets crop insurance scheme to mitigate nature's fury
![Villagers planting paddy crops (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/agriculture_1.jpg?itok=v-LwElwD)
Red Hills reservoir leaks Chennai's water supply!
Posted on 10 Feb, 2014 04:49 PMChennai's drinking water seeps down the drain
![A reservoir in Tamil Nadu (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/480px-amaravathi_reservoir_dam.jpg?itok=qjxvdkCj)
Farm like the rishis!
Posted on 09 Feb, 2014 08:20 PMIt all started in the eighties when Friends Rural Centre, a group of Gandhian Quakers in Rasuliya village, near Hoshanagabad, Madhya Pradesh came in contact with Masanobu Fukuoka.
![Results of no till farming; Image: Titus](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/no_till_farming-titus_0.jpg?itok=5y8_isS0)