Survivors of acid violence celebrated World Environment Day by planting saplings and creating awareness to protect ‘Mother Earth’ on June 5. The programme was organised by Kanoria Foundation and its social impact initiatives Acid Survivors Foundation India (“ASFI”) and Srei Foundation, along...
The aggravating global climatic crisis calls for raising awareness towards preservation of nature locally, nationally, and globally. Days like World Environment Day (WED) assist to raise consciousness among people and infuse a sense of responsibility towards safeguarding the environment from disastr...
World Environment Day, (WED) is celebrated every year on June 5 to call global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth. With an aim to increase awareness on environmental issues among students and citizens, Kanoria Foundation and Srihari Global School t...
June 5 is globally celebrated as World Environment Day. The global environmental movement has achieved certain important milestones. However, a few days prior to this year’s World Environment Day, the US President Donald Trump took a major decision that can hamper the global pollution control effo...
A city has secrets. These secrets often lie in plain sight yet remain undetectable to most city dwellers. Yet, there are a few who thrive to protect and preserve these secrets, which form a vital link to the city’s eco-system. Dr. Dhrubajyoti Ghosh, a slim, bespectacled septuagenarian, who is...
The new Solid Waste Management Rules (SWM), 2016, launched last year by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF and CC) has replaced the not-so-effective Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000. While the old guidelines did not mention any segregation...
Global warming has resulted in decline in mountain glaciers and snow cover in both the hemispheres and this is projected to accelerate throughout the 21st century. This has led to a reduction in water availability and hydropower potential, thus changing the seasonal flow of rivers.The rise of the se...
India’s steady economic growth over the last decade has improved the country’s average income and has brought out millions above the poverty threshold. This remarkable economic growth has, however, been clouded by a sharp degradation of environment causing scarcity of natural resources. Consider...
“W hat this country really needs,” the middle aged father from Delhi was saying in the evening satsang, “is leaders like Pujya Swamiji and yourself to give new values to our youth. They are not interested in the values of our generation. They need new values and you can bring that to them....
On May 23 the Government of India issued rules regulating the cattle market.Kerala went ballistic and, without anyone having read or understood the rules, issued threats against the government of India. Members of the Congress party went so far as to slaughter a baby cow in public and distribute the...