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The Delhi High Court in its order in C.M. No. 15895/2005 in Writ Petition Number 17682/2005 relating to the National Environment Appellate Authority (“the NEAA”) had vehemently said the following.

Justice (retd.) N. Venkatachala of the Supreme Court headed the NEAA for three years
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“The numerous orders passed by this court in the past three years reflect both the concern of the court and the considerable restraint exercised by it in refraining from proceeding against the concerned officials for disobeying its binding orders. However, the government has failed to take satisfactory steps to address the concern expressed by this court. It has failed to comply with the court's orders and has left it with no choice but to issue further mandatory directions to ensure that the legislative mandate contained in the NEAA Act is not frustrated by executive apathy. The government has to be made accountable in law for its disobedience of the court's orders…”

The battles of yesterday were fought over land. Those of today are over energy. But the battles of tomorrow may be over water. Nowhere is that danger greater than in water-distressed Asia.

The Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) is a premier research institute on freshwater aquaculture in the country under the aegis of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi.

Under the ICAR national fellow project on ‘Development of novel immunopotentiator molecules from fish host and pathogens for broad spectrum disease control in freshwater aquaculture’, at CIFA, Bhubaneswar, the following temporary position is available for five years, i.e. up to April 7, 2016. The appointment is purely temporary and co-terminus with the project. The appointment will be initially be made for one year and will be renewed on satisfactory performance till the end of the project.

Organizer: The Centre for Public History, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology

Venue: National Gallery of Modern Art Auditorium, Palace Road, Vasanthnagar, Bangalore

Description:

The Centre for Public History, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, in association with the British Council, is pleased to announce a one-day conference titled “Oral History and the Sense of Legacy”. The conference will have invited presentations by experienced practitioners on key issues within oral history methodology.

Organizer: National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)

Venue: NIDM New Delhi, IIPA Campus, IP Estate, New Delhi

Organizer: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Venue: Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi

Toxics Link is an environmental NGO, dedicated to bringing toxics related information into the public domain, both relating to struggles and problems at the grassroots as well as global information to the local levels.

E-waste is one of key issues in which Toxics Link has been working for around a decade. The organization has been actively engaged in policy advocacy on E-waste through various researches and campaigns. Toxics Link has been, over the years, also worked towards increasing awareness on the issue among all stakeholders, especially students. Currently, Toxics Link is also starting a school awareness project on Environment, with special focus on E-waste.

Organizer: Centre for Water Resources

Venue: CWR seminar hall, fifth floor, IST building, JNTU Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

Topics:

• Fundamentals of remote sensing and geographical information system
• Radiation - water interactions, spatial extent of water bodies
• Basics principles of remote sensing principles, GIS and GPS
• Satellite image analysis and DEM creation
• Hydrological parameter determination, using GIS such as surface slope, channel length and soil characteristics of watersheds

Karnataka Jnana Aayoga is a high powered commission constituted in September 2008 by Sri B. S. Yeddyurappa, the Honourable chief minister of Karnataka. The Commission is independent of the Government and works with and for the Government in policy making and implementation.

Organizer:  The Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE)

Venue: Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), 6-3-869, Nizamia Observatory Campus, Begumpet, Hyderabad