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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
Invitation for 'Timi-Kurm Coastal and Marine Life Awareness Fest 2013', Devbag, Karnataka
Posted on 29 Sep, 2013 01:15 PMFor more information on the organisers, the Terra Marine Research Institute (TeMI), please click here.
To know more about the festival, click here.
The brochure may be downloaded from below.
![Terra Marine Research Institute](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/terra_marine_research_institute_0.png?itok=Ro0oY4Gb)
The comedy and tragedy of the Doddaballapur tanks
Posted on 26 Sep, 2013 02:08 PM1972 was the year. A massive hit, a landmark movie in Dr. Rajkumar's cinema career was realeased: Bangarada Manushya (The Golden Man).
With many melodious and meaningful songs, the theme was something close to one's heart - an urban youth returns to his ancestral village, takes up agriculture and works for the welfare of the village.
![Doddaballapur tanks](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dodbalapur_1nl.jpg?itok=vp5Ns0Y5)
Applications invited for 'Summer Research Fellowship Programme 2014', National Science Academies
Posted on 26 Sep, 2013 11:18 AMFor further details on the Summer Fellowship, please click here.
To register online, please click here.
The format for the 'Letter of Recommendation' is attached below.
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Call for research proposals on various environmental & conservation topics, Ministry of Environment & Forests
Posted on 26 Sep, 2013 09:42 AMFor details on the proposal applications, please click here.
For more information on the Ministry of Environment & Forests, click here.
The advertisement for the same is attached below.
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Invite to an innovation challenge on water irrigation ' A Watershed Moment in India', Greenpeace India, September 3 - November 15, 2013
Posted on 25 Sep, 2013 01:07 PMOrganisers
Background
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Gujarat farmers protest proposed nuclear park
Posted on 22 Sep, 2013 08:01 PMGujarat farmers oppose Mithivirdi nuclear plant
![Nuclear power or people's power Source: Wikipedia](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/limerickpowerplant.jpg?itok=qh9SGFBl)
Government bans project clearance in eight critically polluted industrial areas
Posted on 22 Sep, 2013 06:03 PMNo environment clearance in eight critically polluted areas
![Effluent pollutes water Source: Wikipedia](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pollution.jpg?itok=N1rkyHjA)
Call for entries for photo contest ' Rivers of life- The Brahmaputra', International Union for Conservation of Nature
Posted on 21 Sep, 2013 08:14 AMFor details on the photo contest, please click here.
To register online for the contest, click here.
The brochure is attached below for your consideration.
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Invitation to a workshop on 'Soil health, living soils the key to sustainability', Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development, New Delhi
Posted on 21 Sep, 2013 07:44 AMFor more information on this 2 day workshop, please see the invitaion attached below.
To know more on Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development, please click here.
![Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/spwd.png?itok=7yS7TWE0)
A tale of two STPs
Posted on 20 Sep, 2013 04:51 PMThe venerable Imperial Gazetteer says, 'Viewed from a distance Lucknow presents a picture of unusual magnificence and architectural splendour, which fades on nearer view ...' (Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 196).
![The only working STP in Lucknow -Daulatganj](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/daulatganj.jpg?itok=SabbpFph)