• Environment Education

Jindal School of Art & Architecture Partners with over 20 Leading Organizations for Internships

The following content is a press release. PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.) Sonipat, 10 September 2020: The Jindal School of Art & Architecture (JSAA), an interdisciplinary school of O.P. Jindal Global University, has signed several Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with reputable organisations and institutions, opening up several opportunities of internships for its students across its academic programmes in Architecture, Built Environment Studies and Interior Design at the JSAA. The JSAA has pioneered architecture, built environment and design education in the country by removing disciplinary divides and infusing a multidisciplinary ethos in its curricula.

• Sustainable Food Systems

Zero-budget farming raises incomes but demands more labour and time: study

A staggering 87% of those using the method have not been able to get a better price for their produce than those who did not go for it

• Rural Water-Waste Management

India spent $30 billion to fix its broken sanitation. It ended up with more problems

The Swachh Bharat mission has made big strides, but it's had plenty of problems. Urmila is a housemaid living in a South Delhi slum. Today she has a toilet at home thanks to the Indian government's massive sanitation program called Swachh Bharat. She's grateful for not having to use a public toilet, though she admits that many prefer not using any toilet at all.

• Down To Earth

Poshan Maah 2020: ‘Proper Nutrition Is Vital To Build A Prosperous Nation,’ Says Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Poshan Maah 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges citizen to take part in nutrition month activities and help spread awareness about the importance of nutrition for in one’s health body

• Sustainable Food Systems

Organic, natural farming still a lot of ground to cover in India, says CSE report

BATHINDA: Organic and natural farming in India has not become a mass movement. A mere 2 per cent of India’s net sown area is organically farmed as only 1.3 per cent of the farmers in India

• Sustainable Food Systems

Drug-filled dairy? India’s safety claims under fire again as report reveals ‘indiscriminate’ antibiotic misuse

A new study on antibiotic misuse in the Indian dairy sector has cast new doubt on the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) continued assertions that the country’s dairy is ‘safe for consumption’.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

Centre calls on cities to deliver on clean air goals in next three yrs

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Monday urged states and cities to deliver on its clean air goals before the 2024 deadline for the national clean air programme (NCAP)

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

CSE calls for ‘green’ recovery action plan

In 2019, the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared September 7 as the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies. The idea was to build awareness on clean air for health, productivity, economy and environment at all levels -- individual, community, corporate and government.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

Can Delhi sustain its clean air, blue sky days?

The world — based on a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) last December — will observe the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies for the first time on Monday

• Director General Office

MGNREGA today and tomorrow

In these darkest days of Covid-19 — when jobs and economies have collapsed — 56 million households got work in the past three months and these jobs provided relief. This was under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which perhaps is the largest social net scheme in the world.

• Environment Education

Noted broadcaster Sir David Attenborough to be presented with Indira Gandhi peace prize

The prize is awarded to him for a lifetime of doing more to reveal the wonders of the natural world than any other individual, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust said The Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust will present the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2019 to renowned broadcaster Sir David Attenborough on Monday.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

Electricity consumption in Delhi not affected much during lockdown

The Covid-19-induced lockdown had brought economic activities to a near halt, but overall electricity demand in Delhi was not affected significantly beyond the first lockdown period, says an analysis of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on power consumption in the capital during lockdown and unlock phases.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

Delhi’s electric vehicle shail

New Delhi: The Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy, announced by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on 7 August, aims at zeroemission, but depends entirely on its implementation and vision of integrated transport system to achieve the goal of last-mile connectivity.

• Sustainable Food Systems

World Samosa Day 2020: Samosa is healthier than a burger, as per research

World Samosa Day is celebrated every year on September 5 in India as well as everywhere on over the world. Samosa is a mood-lifting snack that greatest Indian swear-by and to celebrate the essence of the tasty dish. As per Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Samosa is healthier than a burger as it is made by using fresh ingredients and is free of preservatives, additives, and flavourants.

• Industrial Pollution

Coal Ministry replaces five Chhattisgarh mines in commercial auction

Following protests from the Chhattisgarh government, the Union Ministry of Coal has revised the list of mines to be auctioned for commercial mining and now 38 blocks will go under the hammer instead of the 41 mines announced earlier.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

The pedestrian is a nobody: Bengaluru’s footpath story

On August 24, five months after Cubbon Park was made traffic-free, the Horticulture Department said that traffic would be allowed here again. This was despite BBMP passing the traffic-free Cubbon Park proposal on June 30 and the impassioned appeals of citizen groups like Heritage Beku.