Energy

Solar power study centre

A nano technology-based solar cell development centre is coming up in the city with the aim to make solar power more affordable.

Publication Date: 
09/07/2009
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Nano Technology, Education, West Bengal, Calcutta (D)
Economy

UPA keeps its first 100-day promise

The Prime Minister

Publication Date: 
09/07/2009
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Rural Development, Bharat Nirman, Poverty, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Education, India
Wildlife

Awareness prog on wildlife for children at zoo

Their friendship with the animal world began on Friday with understanding the behaviour and habitat of different species of primates at the State Zoo here.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2009
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Zoos, Wildlife, Education, Assam
Governance And Institutions

Cabinet clears amended Right to Education Bill

The Union Cabinet today cleared the

Publication Date: 
03/07/2009
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Development, Children, Governance And Institutions, Education, India, Budget
Science And Technology

Indian university system overhauled

Indian universities are likely to find themselves under a new oversight body, human resource development minister Kapil Sibal announced last week. Physicist Yash Pal led the committee that recommended setting up a six-member National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER) to reform higher education.

Publication Date: 
02/07/2009
K. S. Jayaraman
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Science And Technology, Science And Technology Policy, Education, Government Of India (GOI), India
Natural Disasters

Natural disasters, self-insurance, and human capital investment: evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi

This paper uses panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi to examine the impacts of disasters on dynamic human capital production. The empirical results show that accumulation of biological human capital prior to a disaster helps children maintain investments during the post-disaster period. Biological

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
Futoshi Yamauchi, Yisehac Yohannes, Agnes Quisumbing
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Nutrition, Natural Disasters, Floods, Drought, Child Health, Education, Ethiopia, Malawi, Bangladesh
Sanitation

Sanitation campaign fails to achieve target

DHENKANAL: The Total Sanitation Campaign has received lukewarm response in Dhenkanal since its inception in 2005 despite availability of funds and infrastructure. So far, only 23 per cent of the district has been covered under the Campaign

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Toilets, Sanitation, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Education, Orissa (Odisha), Dhenkanal (D)
Economy

The millennium development goals report 2009

This UN report presents an annual assessment of progress towards the MDGs and shows that progress towards the goals is now threatened by sluggish

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
United Nations
Tags:
Environment, Food Prices, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Economy, Maternal Health, Child Health, Poverty, Unemployment, Education, India, Global, Agriculture
Economy

Rural Development; the model for economic prosperity

Publication Date: 
30/06/2009
Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
Tags:
Agriculture, Health, Economy, Rural Development, Education, Sri Lanka, Developing Countries
Governance And Institutions

Gujarat scores low in edu due to high dropout

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat has dropped a notch in the national rankings of the Educational Development Index (EDI), largely because of the high dropout rates in classes VII and VIII . The state held the seventh rank in the index a decade ago but has now dropped to eighth.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2009
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Governance And Institutions, Education, Gujarat

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