Conservation For Livelihood' Turns Poachers Into Saviours'
It is 6.45 am. Mohan Upadhye is in the hatchery, readying to
release the Olive Ridley hatchlings into the sea. A crowd of spectators has
gathered outside; peeping through the openings of the wire mesh that serves as
the hatchery's walls. All eyes are fixed on the upturned cane basket lying on
the sand covered
NEW DELHI: A tidal turbine designed to harness the kinetic
energy found in moving bodies of water could be ideal for India to generate
clean energy from a renewable resource with less cost and a smaller carbon
footprint, says Canadian entrepreneur Nofel Izz who invented the device. The
Aqua Dynamo's turbines include a powerful blade that is designed to be
hydrodynamic. This means that the turbines can
VADODARA: The Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers
Union Limited popularly known as Amul Dairy has been conferred the Golden
Peacock Award for ecologically innovation and sustainable energy conservation.
The award recognizes Amul Dairy's efforts in establishing sustainable energy
management system adopted in recovery of methane gas from the dairy effluents,
converting it into
Port Blair, July 10: The Lt Governor, Lt Gen A K Singh
(Retd), has condoled the demise of veteran freedom fighter Pratap Singh, who
passed away at G B Pant Hospital today. He has conveyed his deepest sympathy,
sorrow and heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family. Sardar
Pratap Singh, an old associate of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in his Indian
National Army, passed
HONG KONG: India has the most transparent companies while
Chinese firms are the most opaque, according to a global anti-graft watchdog's
survey released Monday that assesses efforts by emerging market companies to
fight corruption. Transparency International said the report's findings were
"pathetic" and highlighted the urgent need for big multinational
companies to do more to fight
NEW DELHI: Climate change is likely to kill 250,000 more
people each year by 2030, latest assessment by the World Health Organisation
(WHO) shows. Most of these deaths will be caused from malaria, diarrhoeal
disease, heat stress and malnutrition. India, which already has a high burden
of these diseases, is expected to contribute significantly to the global death
toll. A separate study conducted by
NEW DELHI: Four states severely affected by drought - Uttar
Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu have pushed the employment
generated figure under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act (NREGA) to a record number in the first quarter this year. In the first
quarter this year 79.10 crore person-days of employment was generated, the
highest for any quarter
LOS ANGELES: Liquid water is a requirement for life on Earth.
But on Saturn' s largest moon Titan, life might exist beyond the bounds of
water-based chemistry, according to a new study by scientists at Cornell
University. Reporting in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, the researchers look at the presence of hydrogen cyanide
(HCN) in the planet' s atmosphere
New Delhi: May factory output and June inflation numbers are
likely to reinforce the status that India's industrial activity remains weak
while headline inflation hovers at recent highs, says a DBS report. According
to DBS, June consumer price index-based CPI inflation is expected to marginally
ease to 5.6 per cent year-on-year from May's 5.8 per cent, but a shade above
January-May average of 5.4 per
NEW DELHI, July 10: Telecom Ministry is learnt to have
cleared the Rs 3,500-crore 4G spectrum trading deal between service providers
Bharti Airtel and Aircel. “The spectrum trading deal between Bharti Airtel and
Aircel was cleared by the telecom minister on July 4,” an official source told
PTI. As on July 4, Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was in-charge of the
Telecom Ministry as
A group of about 30 “solar mamas” from Tanzania and a few
other African countries demonstrated their skills in fabrication, repair and
maintenance of solar lanterns and household lighting systems to the Prime
Minister today. They also presented their honey-extraction and stitching
practices and sung a song “we shall overcome”. Barefoot College, Tilonia
(Rajasthan) has been promoting and training rural
IIT, Mumbai chooses Khadi as their Convocation robe. After
Gujarat University now khadi has also made a niche in the hearts of authorities
of premiere Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. Appeal and popularity of
Khadi has fascinated them to place an order for 3,500 uttarias or angavastrams
made of honey comb towel cotton Khadi for use by students at the time of
Institute’s convocation. It is a
The Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju
inaugurated the two weeks' BOP Training Module of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
through video conferencing here today. This Training Module is being conducted
simultaneously at 270 Company locations in which personnel of 625 BOPs are
participating. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Kiren Rijiju expressed his
happiness that a new chapter
Indo-US cooperation in the vital infrastructure sector will
get a new impetus when Road Transport, Highways & Shipping Minister Shri
Nitin Gadkari holds official talks with his counter-part US Secretary of
Transportation, Anthony Foxx in Washington tomorrow, on a wide range of
projects of mutual interest. Shri Gadkari will be particularly looking for
widening and deepening the scope of Indo-
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has found that carbon
dioxide ice more often covers the ground at night in some mid-latitude regions
than in polar regions of the Red Planet, where it is generally absent for much
of summer and fall. Some dusty parts of Mars, at night year round, become as
cold as the planet’s poles do in winter and also some regions near the equator
in summer, according to new NASA
The World Population day is being observed today. The day
seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established
by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989.
The Day aims at increase people's awareness on various population issues such
as the importance of family planning, gender equality, poverty, maternal health
and human
In flood-affected Assam and Madhya Pradesh, the situation
continues to be grim. The army has been pressed into service in Assam on Friday
to rescue flood hit people in Jorhat district. Severe land erosion has been
reported in a few places including river island Majuli. More than 70% area of
the #Kaziranga National Park is
inundated in flood water. Nearly 48,000 people have been affected in Jorhat
district
Bangladesh has banned the controversial Indian Islamic
preacher Zakir Naik's Peace TV. The government of Bangladesh cracked down on
the channel and radical sermons after reports that "provocative"
speeches inspired some of the militants who carried out the country's worst
terror attack at a cafe here. The decision to ban the Mumbai-based preacher's
'Peace TV Bangla' was taken during a
Researchers have discovered a new gene that controls blood
vessel formation, an advance that may not only help in development of
anti-cancer therapies but also prove useful in diabetic eye and heart diseases.
Blood vessels form a network throughout the body to deliver the nutrients
necessary to keep the tissues and organs alive and healthy. The formation of
this network is controlled by a process called
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it would help Angola
and the Democratic Republic of Congo launch a mass vaccination campaign against
a yellow fever outbreak ravaging the two countries. The campaign will aim to
immunise 15.5 million people in the two countries by the end of August, Bruce
Aylward, the WHO's chief on outbreaks and health emergencies, told reporters.
He described it
Continuing his visits to places associated with the life of
Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa, on the second day of his visit, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi got an Enthusiastic welcome in the Phoenix Settlement where
locals welcome him with songs and dance. Prime Minister visited the Phoenix
farm where Gandhiji spent formative years of his political career. Prime
Minister paid rich tributes to
The Defence Ministry is working on developing indigenous
second generation routers in order to secure the armed forces communication
networks, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Saturday. Speaking at the
golden jubilee celebrations of the Goa Engineering College here, he also
offered the Goa-based institution opportunities to collaborate with Defence
Ministry research bodies.
The first flight of India’s new combat-capable unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) Rustom-II is scheduled to be held by the end of July in
Chitradurga test flight range.Scientists at the Aeronautical Development
Establishment (ADE) would move to the test range later this week for the trial
as an window between July 28 and August 2 would be kept open for the flight in
the presence of Defence Minister Manohar
The Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Narendra
Singh Tomar has stated that government will carry out a drive to clean 10
iconic places in the country as part of a pilot project under the Swachh Bharat
mission. Mr. Tomar said his ministry was in the process of selecting 100 iconic
places for cleaning under the mission and most would be either tourist or
religious spots.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton from Great Britain has won the
2016 British Grand Prix title of Formula One. It his overall fourth British
Grand Prix title after winning it in 2008, 2014 and 2015. It was also his
fourth title of the 2016 season after Monaco Grand Prix (May 2016), Canadian
Grand Prix (June 2016) and Austrian Grand Prix (July 2016). British Grand Prix
was the tenth race of the 2016
Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy has sworn in as the acting
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. With this he becomes 18th Governor to be sworn
in as Governor of Tripura. He has been given the additional charge of Governor
of Arunachal Pradesh during the leave of absence of incumbent Governor Jyoti
Prasad Rajkhowa. Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court Ajit Singh had
administered the oath of office to
Bornean orangutan, a primate species has been declared
critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and
Natural Resources (IUCN). The declaration was based on the assessment for the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species was carried out earlier. IUCN assessment
has found that population of Bornean orangutans has dropped by nearly two-third
since the early 1970s. It
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has
constituted a cyber-cell to check the online abuse and harassment of women and
children on social media platforms. Announcement in this regard was made by
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi in New Delhi. Key facts The
WCD Ministry has advised women and children to send their complaints, if they
are being
The second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP),
India’s largest nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu became operational. The 1,000
Megawatt (MW) capacity plant attained criticality after the second unit became
operational. Now the power generation of Unit 2 will be stepped up to full
capacity of 1000 MW in phases and will be synchronized with the grid. The
criticality process of the Unit 2 was
The National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) has
conferred rare and singular species genetic recognition tag to the threatened
breed of Kendrapara sheep found in Odisha. It has received registration number
INDIA_SHEEP_1500_KENDRAPADA_14042. It became the 42nd sheep breed in India to
receive such tag. The genetically rare status will help to boost conservation
effort to protect
Portugal has won the 2016 UEFA European football championship
(Euro Cup 2016) by defeating host France. It was Portugal’s first UEFA European
Championship title. In the final match, played at Stade de France (Paris,
France) Portugal defeated France by 1-0 goal score. The only goal for the
Portugal team was scored by Éder at 109 minute in the 11 minutes of extra time.
With this victory, Portugal has
India and Tanzania have signed five agreements to accelerate
bilateral ties between both nations. These agreements were signed in
Dar-es-Salaam in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tanzanian
President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli. PM Narendra Modi visited Tanzania on the
third leg of his four-nation tour of Africa viz. Mozambique, South Africa,
Tanzania and Kenya. Signed
Cookbook author and food blogger Nimi Sunilkumar has won the
Gourmand World Cookbook Award for 2015-16. She was bestowed with this award for
her cookbook “4 o’clock Temptations of Kerala”. It was chosen for the award in
the ‘Best Indian Cuisine Cookbook’ section. The cookbook is enriched with
photos and details of 54 recipes from Kerala and each of these recipes are said
to be specific to
Aditya Puri, the chief executive and managing director of the
second largest private sector lender HDFC Bank, has been ranked the best
banking chief executive officer (CEO) in Asia by the investor community. The bank’s
chief financial officer (CFO) Sashi Jagdishan has been ranked the best CFO.
HDFC Bank was also ranked the best IR company, thereby making it the most
honoured one in the
Occurring with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to
Mozambique, India has handed over 30 Mahindra SUVs to Mozambique, completing
the delivery of Dollars 4.5 million grant assistance. The vehicles were handed
over by Amar Sinha, Secretary (Economic Relations) in the External Affairs
Ministry, to an official of Mozambique’s Interior Ministry. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, who was
India and South Africa announced Memorandums of Understanding
(MoUs) and Programme in four areas of bilateral cooperation. The MoUs are in
the area of Information and Communication technology, Tourism, Grass root
innovation and ‘art and culture’. The MoUs have been signed after a
delegation-level talks headed by Prime Minister Narendara Modi and South
African President Jacob Zuma in
Sanjay Gupta, who had been officiating as Chairman and
Managing Director (CMD) of Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL), has been
appointed as the CMD of the corporation. He is the youngest ever CMD of KRCL.
Prior to his elevation, he was working as Director (Operating and Commercial)
of KRCL. Ex-Indian Railway Services of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), Gupta
has
The Advertising Club, Madras, has in its diamond jubilee
year, conferred the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) to Srinivasan K Swamy,
Chairman and Managing Director, RK SWAMY BBDO. This award is the highest honour
to be given to an individual in India for outstanding contribution in the
advertising industry. Swamy is the sixth recipient of this award in the last 22
years, with RK Swamy
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has
signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with IIT-Bombay and Madras to establish a
bi-nodal ‘Centre of Propulsion Technology’ (CoPT) at the two institutions. The
Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed among DG DRDO S Christopher, IIT
Bombay Director Prof Devang Khakhar and IIT Madras Director Prof B Ramamurthi.
Commerce and Industry Minister, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, held
a bilateral meeting with Mr. Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Business,
Innovation and Skills, UK, in New Delhi. During the meeting, both the leaders
discussed issues of mutual interest. Both sides expressed hope to take
proactive steps to deepen their ties and engagement in near future. Several
issues related to bilateral trade and
Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav, Chief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav and his parliamentarian wife Dimple Yadav will take active part
in the mega plantation drive, under which the state government plans to plant 5
crore saplings across the state to set a Guinness World Record. The
initiative gives boost to the UP government’s ‘Clean UP, Green UP’ Mission.
Mulayam Singh Yadav
Vice- President Hamid Ansari would inaugurate the new
building of Uttar Pradesh State Information Commission (UPSIC) in Gomtinagar
area of the state capital. The programme was scheduled on July 8 but was
postponed to July 11 following the festival of Eid. State Governor Ram Naik,
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav along with several state ministers and other
digniteries would also be present at the
With the government formally launching the ‘Namami Gange’
project from Haridwar in Uttarakhand. To clean the Ganga throughout its route
from Gangotri in Uttarakhand to Ganga Sagar in West Bengal, the government
launched 231 projects at an estimated cost of Rs 1,500 crore. Strict monitoring
would be maintained to ensure that untreated water is not discharged into the
Ganga. The projects include
A memorandum of understanding (MOU)was signed between SIDBI
and YES BANK under the partial risk sharing facility (PRSF) for financing
energy efficiency projects programme sponsored by the World Bank. As per the
terms of the agreement, Sidbi will guarantee 75% of loans of up to Rs 15 crore
extended to the energy efficiency projects. The Small Industries Development
Bank of India (Sidbi) is
The 2016 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament held
from 27 June to 10 July 2016. It was the 130th edition of the championships and
the 49th edition in the Open Era. The tournament had taken place at the All
England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United
Kingdom.
Country's first professional full-time football coach and
former India player Amal Dutta died at a city hospital on Sunday following old
age complications, his family said. The 86-year-old, who as coach had
introduced new formations including the exciting diamond system to enthrall the
spectators in the 1990s, left behind his wife, a son and a daughter. "He
was suffering from breathing problems, but was
NEW DELHI: Government plans to institute awards for corporate
social responsibility (CSR) activities across sectors as part of efforts to
incentivise companies to take up work towards social welfare. The Corporate
Affairs Ministry, which is implementing the Companies Act, is working on the
idea of having such awards. Under the Act, a certain class of profitable
companies is required to shell out at least 2
The Army launched a massive tree plantation drive today in
the neighbouring Rajasthan. In the inaugural address, General Officer Commanding
(GOC) Major General CP Mohanty emphasised the need to plant trees to have a
clean and pollution-free environment. Mohanty and his wife Mamun Mohanty were
the first to plant saplings. The GOC said the tree plantation drive would
continue for the next 15 days and
If all goes as planned, the PGI, Chandigarh, will get India's
first National Transplant Centre (NTC) soon. The one-of-its-kind transplant
centre will give the country its many firsts, including organ sharing and
transport across the country, and procedures like full face and penile
transplants. The proposal for the Rs 1,000-crore NTC has already been tabled
before the board of PGI directors.
Amritsar boy Suleiman, who emerged the winner of “India's Got
Talent” with his appreciable flute performances, says he was not expecting to
win the show amid such a tough competition. “I was not at all expecting to win
the show because there were other very talented contestants. So, the final result
came as a happy surprise for me,” Suleiman told PTI in an interview. The
13-year-old flautist, who is
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