Delhi

Vatavaran film festival

Vatavaran, India's only competitive environment and wildlife film festival, was held between September 12 and 16 in Delhi. Wild Dog Diaries by S Krupakar and Senani Hegde bagged the Best of the

Publication Date:

14/10/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Media, Cinema, Awards, India, Delhi

Wildlife

Cabinet approves setting up of wildlife crime control bureau

The Union Cabinet on May 31 approved the constitution of a multidisciplinary wildlife crime control bureau that would detect and prosecute networks and individuals engaged in poaching tigers and

Publication Date:

29/06/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Endangered Species, Wildlife, Tiger, Panna NP, Wildlife Trade, Poaching, India, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh

India

Sudev Barar on open source software

Nuchem is a company in Delhi that develops and sells water/effluent treatment technologies, chemicals and laminated panels. Sudev Barar, its owner, has adopted a Linux-based open-source computing

Publication Date:

14/06/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

16

Issue:

20070615

pp:

0

Tags:

Finance, Industry, Electronics Industry, Patents, Personalities, India, Delhi, Computers

India

Mumbai produces highest e waste

Mumbai is India's leading generator of e-waste, says the latest study by Toxics Link, an NGO dealing with toxic issues in India. The study Mumbai

Publication Date:

30/03/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution, Health Effects, Trade, Imports, Electronics Industry, NGO, India, Delhi, Mumbai, Waste Recycling, Toxic Wastes

Energy

Okhla landfill: landfill gas assessment report

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) is working in conjunction with the Government of India as part of the Methane to Markets Partnership (M2M), an international initiative to assist partner countries in reducing global methane emissions. M2M promotes the beneficial use of landfill methane, while also reducing landfill methane emissions to the atmosphere.

Publication Date:

01/03/2007

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Tags:

Green House Gases, Emissions Trading, Waste Disposal, Landfill Gas, Energy, Electricity, India, Delhi

India

IN SHORT

All for ageing oil well Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has inked an agreement with the Russian Tatarska Geophysica Technologies (TGT) for increasing production of matured fields. TGT is a service

Publication Date:

14/02/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution Control, Solar Energy, Child Health, Vector Borne Diseases, Industry, Petrochemical Industry, California, India, Delhi, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)

India

What is the Indian Social Forum all about?

Building another world, announced banners festooned near the entrance of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. "Yahan mela laga hai kya? (is there a carnival underway here?),' the auto-rickshaw driver asked, as

Publication Date:

14/12/2006

Author(s): Kaushik Das Gupta

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Tribals, Poverty, Human Rights, India, Delhi, Globalisation

Forests