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Bhubaneswar: Indo-German cooperation to reduce carbon footprint

As Orissadiary.com reports, the Housing and Urban Development Department (HUDD), the Government of Odisha and the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), in cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), are jointly creating a Low-Carbon Mobility Plan (LCMP) for the city of Bhubaneswar, to develop and monitor its urban transport sector. This measure has become necessary as the rapidly growing capital of the state of Odisha … Continue reading Bhubaneswar: Indo-German cooperation to reduce carbon footprint

Wer ist Ashok-Alexander Sridharan?

“Auch wenn man es mir auf den ersten Blick nicht ansieht: Ich bin ne bönnsche Jung!” – So lautet der erste Satz auf Ashok-Alexander Sridharans Website. Der studierte Jurist und amtierende Oberbürgermeister der Bundesstadt Bonn ist der Sohn einer waschechten Bonnerin und eines indischen Einwanderers, der in den 50er Jahren aus Indien nach Bonn kam um dort an der indischen Botschaft zu arbeiten. In einem … Continue reading Wer ist Ashok-Alexander Sridharan?

Indo-German Jorunalistic Research Project on climate change in West Bengal

Seven German KAS (Konrad Adenauer Foundation) Scholarship holders of the journalism programme JONA (Journalistische Nachwuchsföderung) and six of their Indian counterparts of the Statesman Print Journalism School (SPJS) researched the consequences of climate change in the Kolkata area and wrote about it. They had ten days, worked in bi-national teams to find topics and do their research, to go out on the field for interviews, … Continue reading Indo-German Jorunalistic Research Project on climate change in West Bengal