Environment crusader and  Green activist Subhas Dutta is all set to launch India’s first Green political Party on the lines of  parties  in Germany, Australia, the US and the UK to protect the country’s environment.

Dutta will visit London on Sept 12 to meet Caroline Lucas, leader of the UK Green Party and Member of European Parliament.

“I am going to the UK to learn about the Green Party’s constitution, policies, framework and success. I would also like to interact with members of the Germany Green Party as it is the first among green parties worldwide to achieve national prominence by being part of the ruling coalition Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1998 to 2005. The party will be launched next year and we will fight the 2011 Assembly elections in West Bengal,” Dutta said (more…)

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Chandrayaan-1 moon mission is over, project Director M Annadurai said today

“The contact was lost at 01.30 IST as the deep space network (DSN) at Byalalu, about 40 km from Bangalore, received the data from the lunarcraft during the previous orbit up to 00.25 IST,” according to an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) statement.

Radio contact with India’s first lunarcraft Chandrayaan-1 was abruptly lost on Saturday, ISRO Spokesman said.

All communication links with the only indian satellite orbiting the moon have been lost. The US $ 80 million spacecraft had experienced a technical problem when one of its sensor malfunctioned.

Chandrayaan is India’s first mission to the Moon launched by Indian space agency ISRO.

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Created by Microsoft, the WorldWide Telescope sports a high performance Visual Experience Engine and allows seamless panning and zooming around the night sky, planets, and image environments.

The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your PC to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. A web-based version of WorldWide Telescope is also available now, for preview. This version enables seamless guided explorations of the universe from within a web browser. It’s compatible with PC (requires Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 though) and Intel Mac OS X.

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Tropical Storm Danny have just formed in the Atlantic with the center about 445 miles east of Nassau, Bahamas, and about 775 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C.

The National Hurricane Center issued its first advisory for Tropical Storm Danny today at 11 a.m.

Meteorologists have warned that the winds have topped 45 mph and that the storm is moving to the west-northwest at 18 mph.

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National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC ) is one of the  largest organizations in the field of hydro power development in India.

NHPC has been conferred with ‘TERI Corporate Environmental Excellence Award 2009 instituted by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in recognition for its contribution towards the environment.

NHPC is reported to have raised Rs58 billion ($1.25 billion) from its forthcoming listing on Indian stock exchanges, The  company will use the money to partly finance the construction of new power plants in India.

The status of your NHPC IPO allotment can be checked at http://www.karvy.com/ipoStatus/

Market Experts expect that NHPC IPO is to be priced at the top end of its indicated range of Rs 30-36 per share.

Bollywood actress and former Miss World, Priyanka Chopra, has been roped in by India’s news Channel NDTV as the brand ambassador for the 2nd wave of their ”Green Campaign”,

NDTV’s Green Campaign is aimed at encouraging every Indian citizen to adopt clauses like Say No To Plastic Bags, ‘Save Water, Plant A Tree, Get Rid of Air Pollution and Save India’s Coastal Lines and Save the Rivers in an effort for a cleaner and greener tomorrow. Kind of like our environmental slogans …
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What is it that mysterious creature that is creeping under the surface of the Lake Worth Lagoon in Palm Beach County, Florida, the United States?

Greg Reynolds of LagoonKeepers.org said that  “Channel marker ten is the first time we saw the unknown creature. We followed it and started taking video.”

Don Serrano, who was with Greg Reynolds when the creature was caught on tape, said that it’s “different, very different.”

Although they don’t know what it is, both Greg and Don are certain that it is something. And, even though the creature in the Lake Worth Lagoon has not yet been identified, it’s been called “the elusive muck monster.”

Thomas Reinert, a marine biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, who studied the video, says that it seems to be an animal moving without breaking the surface.

“I can only speculate,” Reinert said, “but we need more evidence to determine the identity of the so-called muck monster.”

To encourage Ganesh Chaturthi festival mandals to take care of the environment, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has decided that it will continue with the Mumbai Mirror Green Ganesha Awards introduced last year.

Environmental degradation is becoming an unfortunate practice when it comes to the Ganesh festival, whether it involves burning stacks of wood in Holi fires or polluting the air with huge amount of fireworks.

Last year, some 150 mandals competed for the Green Ganesha prize.

This year, the inaugural program will be a panel discussion on Eco-friendly consciousness towards celebrating festivals.

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“Lalbaugcha Raja, which is also known as the Emperor of Lalbaug, is the name of the popular Ganesh Idol of “Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal”  in Mumbai , India.

Lalbaugcha Raja Ganapathi is known and famous for fulfilling the wishes  of its worshipers and devotees

Check out the Mumbai Mirror Green Ganesha Awards

The Ganesh Chaturthi Festival will begin from 23rd August 2009

The doors of the Lalbaugcha Raja, Mumbai’s most famous Ganapathy pandal, have been opened for Darshan to the public from today.

Ganesh Chaturthi Greetings

The  Mandal Committee is expecting around 10 million people to visit this “Great Raja”.

There are certain environmental impacts of  festival Ganesh Chaturthi like  the festival brings together thousands of people which also contributes to serious environmental pollution.

The noise created by the Ganesh mandals , the loud speakers which are ON till late night during the festival, the immersion of idols in lakes made out of chemical materials causes significant water pollution.

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The US National Hurricane Center has given a name to the third Atlantic storm – Claudette.

Claudette is gathering steam and the winds are increasing to near 85kmh (50+mph).

The winds are expected to hit the northern Gulf Coast of Florida.

They are moving north-west at about 19kmh.

Claudette appeared earlier today in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm popped up in relatively short order as compared to most Atlantic hurricanes. The hurricanes usually begin farther off the US coast.

The storm was located about 50 miles west of Apalachicola, Florida and  95 miles south-east of Pensacola, Florida.