Posts Tagged ‘2010’

World Tourism Day (WTD) is celebrated each year on the 27th of September with an objective of fostering awareness among the international community of the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political and economic values. The date marks an important milestone in world tourism the adoption of ... Full story

This post is dedicated to those who are not athletes but concerned citizens whose lives have been impacted by such Games and who often pay the price to watch others play with their rights. The post is also dedicated to the best Indian athletes who seldom get chosen by the selection committee and for whom, competing for the medal is a fight through a corrupt ... Full story

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On the occasion of International Year of Biodiversity 2010, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development in association with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is organizing a Colloquium on Biodiversity: Earth’s Most Valuable Resource - Why does it matter to Business? on 27 April 2010 at Wildlife Institute ... Full story

The term ‘Biodiversity’, as defined by Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, is the variety of all forms of life, from genes to species, present throughout in the narrow to the broad scale of ecosystems. "Biodiversity" was coined as a contraction of "biological diversity" in 1985 by the W.G. Rosen for the first ... Full story

The UK Environment Film Fellowships have been awarded every year since 2005 to Indian environmental filmmakers, to create 12 minute impactful documentaries. Till date, 20 filmmakers have been awarded with these fellowships. Every year, a theme is decided and filmmakers are encouraged to submit proposals for films which depict originality ... Full story

Calendar 2010: Calling All Photographers AID India is SEEKING photographs on the theme of Makaan for the 2010 AID calendar, part of a three-year series on the theme: Roti-Kapda-Makaan! What does Makaan mean to you? What does it take to make a home? To lose one? AID India invites pictures that highlight the myriad ... Full story