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OPINION Embracing the girth of the woody existents, clasping the brown black tree trunks with all their might, a string of protesters firmly stand opposing the ongoing tree cutting at the redevelopment sites falling inside the periphery of South Delhi. The confronting move put forth by the people had come up in wake of loss of about thousands of trees, which were being felled in order to facilitate the redevelopment plan in the areas of Nauroji Nagar and Netaji Nagar. “We don’t we a deserted Delhi”, “Ban tree felling in Delhi”, these are few of the slogans which are being voiced with the aim to be badgered onto the deaf ears residing on official statures as evidently it is the

INITIATIVE The Government of India, through its Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission, has proposed a multistakeholder Initiative focusing on cleaning up 100 places across the country that are “Iconic” due to their history, heritage and religious and/or cultural significance with high visitors footfall. The goal of the initiative is to improve the cleanliness conditions at these places to a distinctly higher level. All Iconic Sites have designated PSUs for financial and technical support. In this backdrop, 10 places containing historically, spiritually and culturally significant heritage of India were selected in the 1st phase of implementation. Development of Puri is one amongst the 10 historical places taken up by National Aluminium Company (NALCO). Puri – place of Pristine beauty   Puri,

INITIATIVE “If there are no mangroves, then the sea will have no meaning. It is like having a tree without roots, for the mangroves are roots of the sea…” — Thai fisherman from the Andaman Coast These words by a fisherman are enough to define the importance of mangroves in our ecosystem. It also gives us major hints about the devastative repercussions on elimination of this green barricade. And this is exactly what lead to its conservation becoming one of the issues taken into consideration by UNESCO. July 26, 2016 marks UNESCO’s first celebration of the International day For Conservation of The Mangrove Ecosystem. On the 6th of November 2015, the General Conference of UNESCO had adopted a proclamation which

INITIATIVE Money can give people a lot of opportunities and privilege. In order for an underprivileged person to have all of those things, they have to work hard to get to get the luxuries of nice houses, cars, and jewelry. As far as education goes, the underprivileged might not go to the best schools but they get an education that will prove to be more valuable in life. I am Ujjal Nath and I belong to a middle class family. Throughout my life I studied in government aided institutions in Guwahati. My father is an advocate and was the sole bread earner and my mother is a housewife. I started my schooling in a local medium vernacular medium school and

PRESS RELEASE Infosys and cook-stove company Envirofit have come together to create a project that will deliver 37,200 stoves in Maharashtra and offset 1,50,000 tons of CO2. Targeting families in hard-to-access rural communities, this project aims to reduce carbon emissions from rural households and improve livelihoods. The project is in line with Infosys’s overall sustainability strategy and their commitment to RE100, a global platform for major corporations committed to operating on 100 per cent renewable power. In the next five years, Infosys will work with Envirofit to identify families in Maharashtra and Odisha through its CSR programme. Envirofit will employ an innovative mobile app to track cook-stove usage, encourage behavioural change and provide a real-time snapshot of impact for Infosys.

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PRESS RELEASE Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth on his first official tour after assuming office in January 2017 visited India on May 26. On his three-day visit to India, he met President Pranab Mukherjee and held delegation-level talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. President Mukherjee said India would like to cement its close historic ties with Mauritius and will continue to extend all assistance and support to Mauritius. He said cooperation in important areas like joint EEZ surveillance; anti-piracy patrolling and hydrography will help maintain peace and security in the Indian Ocean region. As frontline states of the Indian Ocean, Prime Minister Jugnauth and PM Modi agreed that effective management of conventional and non-conventional threats in the Indian

PRESS RELEASE Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan, accompanied by Dinesh K. Sarraf CMD, ONGC dedicated the ONGC multispecialty hospital Chaolung Sukaphaa to the people of Assam, with an investment of Rs 313 crore by ONGC. Endorsing the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ‘build modern infrastructure in Northeast’ and to unlock its potential, ONGC under its CSR initiative is spearheading the multi-specialty hospital in the region. The hospital is dedicated to the people of Assam to ensure quality and affordable health care. Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal said the state government is committed to the development of Assam and exhorted the people of Assam to actively participate in the