The state of the world’s human rights 2024
This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. States and armed groups
Environment
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Clinics get a month for clean-up act
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (PCB) will take action against clinics and nursing homes that don't co-operate with the city municipal authorities in disposing of medial wastes. The PCB's
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Bihar flood toll reaches 146
With 21 more deaths, the toll in the current spell of floods in Bihar today went up to 146 while the overall situation improved considerably with all major rivers receding.State relief and
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50-yr cycle theory unfounded
The 50-year earthquake cycle theory propounded by some seismologists to predict a major earthquake for NE India is absolutely unfounded, said renowned seismic engineer Dr. Sarada Kanta Sarma
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Rehabilitation distant dream for Nagarhole tribals
The rehabilitation of tribals at Nagarhole Rajiv Gandhi National Park, which is one of India's best known wildlife reserves and the tribal land of the Deccan Plateau climbs into the Western Ghat
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European lawmakers throttle back on aircraft noise law
The European Parliament's Environment Committee is maintaining pressure on the European Commission to propose mandatory limits on noise from aircraft and other modes of transport across the 15 nation
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Wallstrom 'green' goods plan under US attack
US firms have described European Commission plans to promote the sale of "greener" products as a re-hash of failed policies that could seriously harm transatlantic trade. The comments came as the
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Hurricane to lash Mexico
Tropical storm Juliette became a powerful Category 3 hurricane on Sunday packing 185 kmph winds and dumping intense rain along Mexico's Pacific coast, where the government issued warnings for
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Push to reduce plastic bags
A national supermarket campaign was launched yesterday to cut down on plastic bag litter and landfill. Australians use more than six billion plastic bags each year, with less than 1 per cent reused
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French search for cause of chemical plant explosion
Acrid smoke still rose today from the wreckage of one of France's largest petrochemical plants, reduced to a skeleton of giant steel girders bent like twigs in a huge explosion last Friday that
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14 more biospheres soon
The Union government is considering 14 more sites for biosphere reserves, in addition to the 12 which already exist.