LUCKNOW: Reducing carbon emissions, planting trees and switching over to alternate sources of energy are the means for environmental conservation.

"Efforts to save environment have begun,'' said Rasik Ravindra, director, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, ministry of earth sciences, GoI.

With the demand of water growing by each passing day, water management is gaining importance. The management of water resources should be formulated in spirit and not on paper, as it was a critical issue for long term sustainability of the economy.

LUCKNOW: It was finally an `outsider' and not a forester who brought to an end the three months long hunt for the young tiger. And, that has already raised a question mark on the operation. The two-and-a-half-year old tiger which moved out of Pilibhit forest on November 11 was shot down on Tuesday.

IEREED (Institute for Enviornment Research Entrepreneurship Education and Development) India carried out a hi-tech campaign to remove pollution on the ocassion of Shivratri. The Non-Government Organisation sent out SMS and e-mails to people urging them to abstain from the use of polythene on the ocassion.

LUCKNOW: What Arjun did to provide water to a thirsty Bhishma in Mahabharata, is being recapitulated by a group of scientists in Bundelkhand these days to quench the thirst of parched denizens. In their unique initiative, scientists have blown up sub-surface hard rocks with the help of dynamites, to create artificial water reservoirs around 140 feet below the earth in Jhansi district.

LUCKNOW: The issues concerning climate change and environmental hazards will be presented in a new light of knowledge by at least 100 researchers from across the world at the department of geology, Lucknow University (LU).

Having excluded union territory-turned states Delhi and Goa from the overall state competitiveness rankings, it was impossible to ignore the National Capital Territory (NCT) Delhi or rather the bigger whole that is the National Capital Region. The NCR is unique because of the intensity of population and its huge purchasing power as well as the agglomeration of businesses.

LUCKNOW: After inviting private concerns to set up coal fired thermal power plants, the UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) is toying with the idea of setting up a solar thermal power plant in the state. The 10 MW plant, to be set up by a private company, is likely to come up in Unnao district.

LUCKNOW: The budget session of the UP Vidhan Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday after passing the Appropriation Bill amounting to Rs 144615,16,23,000 (one lakh forty four thousand six hundred fifteen crore sixteen lakh and twenty three thousand) for the year 2009-10.

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Forest Department has declared a tiger in Lakhimpur Kheri a maneater after it killed its fifth victim

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