Education

CEPT to launch transport courses

AHMEDABAD: CEPT University's centre of excellence in urban transport will be offering two masters programmes, certification in special areas based on industry needs, to begin with.

Also, training and doctoral research programmes will be conducted, agenda of which would be structured around National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP).

Publication Date:

04/04/2009

Source: Times Of India (Ahmedabad)

Tags:

Transport, Urban Transport, Education, Gujarat, Ahmedabad (T)

Environment

F For Failed

DR MANMOHAN Singh is an honourable man. He is soft-spoken, decent and, unlike most Indian politicians, he did not seek high office to line his pockets with ill-gotten wealth. For that alone, we in India, who continue to suffer consistently at the hands of dark politicians who steal from us, should be eternally grateful.

Publication Date:

04/04/2009

Author(s): Bittu Sahgal

Source: Tehelka (New Delhi)

Tags:

Environment, Western Ghats, Drinking Water, Climate Change, Health, Displacement, Sanitation, Education, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), World Bank, Arunachal, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa (Odisha), Infrastructure Development

Wildlife

Attitudes toward resolution of humanwildlife conlict among forest-dependent agriculturalists near Rajaji National Park, India

Understanding local attitudes towards human

Publication Date:

01/04/2009

Author(s): Monica Ogra

Source: Human Ecology

Vol:

37

Issue:

2

pp:

161

Tags:

Agriculture, Women, Compensation, Wildlife, Elephant, Protected Area Conservation, Rajaji NP, People - Animal Conflicts, Poverty, Education, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Monica Ogra, Human Ecology

People

Guidelines on indigenous peoples issues

The Guidelines further stress that indigenous peoples

Publication Date:

01/04/2009

Source: United Nations

Tags:

Environment, Climate Impacts, Health, People, Tribals, Traditional Knowledge, Education, Human Rights, Climate Change

Economy

30 years of left front rule in West Bengal: a development report card

The report titled

Publication Date:

01/04/2009

Source: All India Congress Committee

Tags:

Nutrition, Malnutrition, Development, Health, Poverty, Education, Legislation, West Bengal, New Delhi, All India Congress Committee, Economy

Economy

Statistical yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2008

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific "the wide- ranging Yearbook is the region

Publication Date:

01/04/2009

Source: ESCAP

Tags:

Air Pollution, Forests, Health Effects, Natural Disasters, Economy, Transport, Urbanisation, Water Supply, Sanitation, Population Trends, Child Health, Economic Development, Poverty, Unemployment, Education, Asia

Energy

Suzlon Energy Ltd signs MoU with TERI varsity

Pune Suzlon Energy Limited, the world

Publication Date:

31/03/2009

Source: Indian Express (Mumbai)

Tags:

Renewable Energy, Suzlon Energy, Education, TERI

Governance And Institutions

Cut the floss

Barely 10 per cent of India

Publication Date:

30/03/2009

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Compensation, Governance And Institutions, Education, Supreme Court, Bihar

Economy

Development policy and the nature of society: Understanding the Kerala model

The quality of life is usually measured by three interrelated dimensions such as the human development index, the human freedom index, and the human distress profile. In Kerala, in spite of high HDI, the rates of suicide, crime, drug addiction, unemployment, etc, are high compared to other states.

Publication Date:

28/03/2009

Author(s): T K Oommen

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

44

Issue:

13

pp:

25

Tags:

Lifestyles, Development, Economy, Consumption Patterns, Education, Political Parties, Kerala, Statistics