Campaign launched for awareness to prevent violence against womenOctober 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Ministry of Women and Child Development on Friday launched a campaign to create public awareness for prevention of violence against women. On this occasion, women representing various walks of life formed a human chain at the India Gate lawns.
Cheyenne an example of how many communities struggle to find uses for collected glassSeptember 30th, 2009 In Cheyenne, glass pile shows recycling challengesCHEYENNE, Wyo. — A pile of glass bottles and jars at the Cheyenne landfill is an ever-growing monument to the challenges faced by many communities that collect glass for recycling.
During Games, UN body to launch campaign against traffickingSeptember 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As Delhi prepares to host the Commonwealth Games next year, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) will highlight the human trafficking problem plaguing India and its eastern neighbours by launching an awareness drive. With the Games coming up, we have an opportunity to spotlight the human traficking problem that is on a rise.
Police search for teacher who forced students to dance nudeSeptember 8th, 2009 RAIPUR - Police have launched a drive to arrest a primary school teacher who forced students to strip and dance in Koria district of Chhattisgarh. Khagesh Singh, 35, Monday instructed several students aged seven years to remove their clothes and dance nude in a classroom of a government-run primary school in Tedma village of Koria, 380 km from state capital Raipur.
Discarded US computers get fresh life in developing countriesSeptember 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - More and more discarded US computers are enjoying a lease of life in developing countries, says a comprehensive study. The findings may heighten growing concerns about environmental pollution with toxic metals that can result from dismantling and recycling computer components in developing countries.
UAE to launch educational campaign for womenAugust 12th, 2009 ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates' General Women's Union (GWU) has announced a new initiative to educate women about the legislations addressing and dealing with the issues concerning them, WAM news agency reported Wednesday. The awareness drive titled "Know Your Rights" is part of the women's union's efforts to implement the National Strategy for the Advancement of Women, a joint initiative with the UNDP launched in 2006.
Worker finds human foot among recyclable waste in sorting plant at western NY landfillAugust 5th, 2009 Human foot found in western NY recycling plantSENECA, N.Y. — Officials in western New York are trying to figure out how a bare human foot got mixed in with recyclable trash on a conveyor belt at a landfill.
Waste Management posts sharp drop in 2nd-qtr profit due to falling recycling pricesJuly 30th, 2009 Waste Management's 2Q profit down on recyclingHOUSTON — Waste Management, the nation's largest trash hauler, says its second-quarter profit fell sharply due largely to a continuing drop in recycling prices. Net income was $247 million, or 50 cents per share, down 22 percent from $318 million, or 64 cents per share, last year.
LA Fire Department: Warehouse worker killed after becoming entangled in shredderJuly 13th, 2009 LA worker killed in cardboard recycling shredderLOS ANGELES — A warehouse worker has died after getting entangled in a cardboard recycling shredder in Los Angeles. Fire Department spokesman Devin Gales says paramedics found the man's body still stuck in the machine when they arrived.
Return your junk phone, get a tree plantedJune 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Every time you return a junk mobile phone to a Nokia dealer, the firm will thank you by planting a tree, apart from recycling that phone in an eco-friendly manner. Announcing the initiative on World Environment Day, Ambrish Bakaya, director of corporate affairs in Nokia India, said the firm had already tied up with two NGOs in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to plant 22,000 trees.
America's 'front yard' _ the National Mall _ is getting its 1st recycling programApril 30th, 2009 National Mall to start recycling programWASHINGTON — The National Mall, known as America's "front yard" and stretching from the U.S. Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, is finally getting a recycling program.
University officials sceptical of poll panel's move to woo youthMarch 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission is going all out to woo young voters, especially the students, but some university officials feel that the exams may play a spoilsport. In a meeting held with the officials of six universities Friday, Delhi's chief electoral officer Satbir Silas Bedi put forward a number of proposals, including setting up of registration centres in colleges, to enable students to register themselves and vote in the upcoming elections.
NGO demands lifting of ban on plastic bags in DelhiFebruary 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the Delhi government imposing a ban on plastic bags in the capital, an NGO Wednesday demanded lifting of the ban and launched an awareness campaign to highlight the benefits of plastic. Plastic Bag Awareness Forum launched a campaign to create awareness among the users that plastic bags are not harmful.
Reduce drinking age to control drunken driving: Delhi studentsFebruary 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Asked to take a pledge against drunken driving and underage drinking, Delhi University students are all for the first but uncomfortable with the second. The legal age of drinking in the capital should be reduced from 25, they feel.
V-Day pledge of Delhi youth: no drunken drivingFebruary 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It may be a day to be out with the love of your life but thousands of Delhi youth are going to celebrate the Valentines Day differently - pledging against drunken driving. The initiative is part of Underage Drinking Awareness Week to be observed Feb 8-14 being organised by an NGO, Campaign Against Drunken Driving (CADD), and Delhi University.
Loading ...