Activists march to spread awareness on World Environment Day

October 10th, 2009 SILIGURI - Hundreds of tiny tots here staged a march to spread awareness against crackers ahead of Diwali festival. Diwali is just a week away on Saturday.

September 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI/MANGALORE - World Heart Day was observed on Sunday in the country to spread awareness among people about taking proper care of their hearts and thus avoiding various cardiovascular diseases which are today viewed as major killers world over. In Mangalore, KMC Hospital has organized a series of events as part of the World Heart Day 2009 to create public awareness about the heart and its importance in human lives.

September 24th, 2009 SURAT - Women in Surat are acquiring temporary body tattoos with messages of 'Save the Girl Child' during the ongoing festive season in order to spread awareness against the menace of female foeticide. Tattoos are a major attraction during the nine-day long festival of Navratri, as women wear traditional attire and prepare for the traditional folk dance of 'Garba' and Dandiya'.

August 30th, 2009 JAIPUR - Hundreds of school students, animal lovers and wildlife enthusiasts came together on Sunday to stage a mass rally through the streets of Jaipur to highlight the cruel treatment meted out to elephants by their owners and mahouts. The peace procession follows the death of Naina, a 35-year-old elephant, which ran amok while ferrying a group of tourists on a joyride on August 23 and died a day later.

August 24th, 2009 KOLKATA - Hundreds of cyclists took to the streets here on Sunday in a cycle rally organized with an aim to promote environmental awareness. The rally was organized by the state-run oil refinery, the Indian Oil Corporation.

August 23rd, 2009 PURI - On the occasion of Ganesha Chaturthi and the 10-day festivities ahead, noted sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik has made an image at the Puri beach to evolve devotion and spread public awareness on global warming. Patnaik has sculpted a 40 feet-long Ganesha and a tree on His palm alongside a message 'Reduce Global Warming' written next to the image.

August 21st, 2009 COIMBATORE - In an attempt to earn a position again in the Guinness and Limca book of world records, over 6000 children drew 10 kilometre long drawing in Coimbatore. The children were given the topic of awareness on social issues out of which most of the children selected pollution, environment, ill effects of smoking and liquor consuming habits, and the present issue of swine flu awareness.

July 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - To sensitise school students about environment sustainability and instil in them the habit of recycling, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) launched an awareness drive in 30 schools each in the capital and Bangalore Thursday. Sensitisation, Education and Awareness for Cleaner Habitat (SEARCH), as the programme is called, was launched in association with Tetra Pak private limited.

June 7th, 2009 BANGALORE - Social activists and volunteers of NGOs in cooperation with the agencies of the United Nations hosted a 'End Hunger' walk in Bangalore, as part of its initiative to spread mass awareness about hunger in the world. The 'End Hunger Walk' is an annual campaign that was launched in 2003 by the Untied Nations.

June 5th, 2009 GWALIOR - Children participated in a fancy dress competition to mark the World Environment Day in Gwalior on Friday to propagate the message of 'Save the Environment' with unmatched enthusiasm. The event was organised by the Association of Gwalior Youth Society had organised with a purpose to relay the theme of 'Save the Environment'.

May 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will host a five-day international workshop starting from today on 'Green Customs Initiatives' to bring awareness about environment protection and the role of customs officers in enforcing environmental laws on the borders. The National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN), the training arm of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), will host the event under the aegis of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) at NACEN in Faridabad.

April 9th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan used a cancer-awareness programme to call upon electorates to cast their ballot in the upcoming general elections. "I was being told that as per a statistic out of 250 million young urban voters in the last election 16 per cent voted.

March 22nd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - In view of increasing awareness and educating the citizens to conserve the coral reefs, the Indian Army on Sunday launched the Bison Blue Waters Expedition in the island of Agatti in Lakshadweep. The expedition was flagged off by General Commanding Officer of Bison division Major General Rajesh Singh.

March 13th, 2009 PUNE - Over 50 enthusiasts cycled down the streets of Pune today to raise awareness about various kidney ailments among citizens on the occasion of World Kidney Day. World Kidney Day, the complication that can be associated with it focuses on the importance of kidneys in the human system.

March 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An NGO, working for tuberculosis patients, has initiated a study to know steps taken by parliamentarians to control the disease in their constituencies. 'With nearly 1,000 people dying of tuberculosis everyday in India despite several high quality drugs and well established programmes, it become important to know what people's representatives are doing to control and spread awareness about it,' said Bobby John of the NGO Advocacy to Control TB Internationally (Action) Thursday.