Archive for May, 2008

BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) & NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORTATION IN INDIAN CITIES: PROBLEMS, SOLUTIONS AND ROAD AHEAD 10.00 AM to 1.30 PM, Thursday, May 15, 2008, Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi Initiative for Transportation and Development Programmes (ITDP India), an NGO working on sustainable transportation issues, is organising a Workshop titled "Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) & Non-Motorised Transportation : Problems, Solutions and Road Ahead" on Thursday, 15th May, ... Full story

Urgent message from Madhu, on behalf of the Bhopalis, protesting at Jantar Mantar Its been more than 40 days since the Bhopalis are sitting on an indefinite strike at Jantar Mantar after having walked 800 kms from Bhopal to Delhi. Many of you have visited them at Jantar Mantar and also participated in their ... Full story

The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) in collaboration with the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) will be organising the closing ceremony of the year long programmes of 150 years of the Great Revolt of 1857 on Saturday, 10th May 2008.    On this ocassion, a programme will be held in the back lawn of ... Full story

Sambodhi - an initiative catering to research and allied service needs of the social sector for design and development of state-of-art knowledge ware products and provision of knowledge-based services is organising a training programme for trainers! Programme title: Training of Trainers on Design and Delivery of Training Duration: 5 days, From 12th to 16th May ... Full story

Protest call by Kavitha Kuruganti (Center for Sustainable Agriculture) on behalf of the 'Coalition for GM Free India' The anti-GM battle in India has reached a crucial stage. Mahyco, the Indian avatar of Monsanto, would be walking up to the regulators for permission for the second year of large scale trials of Bt Brinjal this Kharif season, the first food ... Full story

National Book Trust, India coridally invites all interested to the book release ceremony of Professor Sucheta Mahajan's book:"Education for Social Change: MVF and Child Labour". The book will be released by Shri Jairam Ramesh, Honourable Union Minister of State for Commerce, Govt. of India who will also preside the discussion that will follow. Date: ... Full story

Youthreach Spirit Presents My family and other animals - by the First city Theatre foundation Selected readings from Gerald Durrell’s classic ‘My family and other animals’. Durrell's autobiographical work focuses on his childhood years, spent on the Greek island of Corfu. The human comedy is interspersed by descriptions of the rich ecology which Gerald observes on his expeditions around the island, and seashore. ... Full story

A Camel near the Yamuna close to the Delhi Secretariat, along side the ITO Birdge. Talk about Public Transport! Full story

AGENDA FOR SURVIVAL: A summer certificate course by the Center for Science & Environment (CSE) on the policies, politics and practices of environmental management in India and to explore the complexities underlying the environment-development debate in India. The Center for Science & Environment (CSE) will be carrying out an ... Full story