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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Yamuna banks to be free of slums
As part of the Clean Yamuna campaign, about 75000 slum dwellings on the river bank would soon be relocated to the outskirts of Delhi. The slum wing of the Delhi municipal Corporation (MCD) plans to
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Pondy government to ban plastic cups
A ban will be imposed soon on use of plastic cups and carrybags in the Union Territory Pondicherry, the Chief Minister, N. Rangaswamy, said
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Rulings deal setbacks to nations that hunt whales
Iceland stormed out of the annual world whaling conference on Tuesday and a fellow pro-whaling nation, Japan, suffered a blow when the International Whaling Commission voted down its attempt to
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Heat toll rises to 492
Most parts of the country continued to be in the grip of blistering heat wave as 22 more people succumbed to sunstroke pushing the toll to 492 while Churu in Rajasthan sizzled under 47.4 degree
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Plastic dump in Panch Shila poses fire risk
A plastic dump in Panch Shila Park is causing concern to residents. They fear it could go up in flames any moment. All it would take is a single lit match. Ten years of consistent efforts to get it
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Mexico city asks if it can get moving
Rush hour is an oxymoron in this impossible metropolis. It takes two hours to crawl across town. The city is choking on the fumes from 3 million private cars, 150000 taxis and 100000 buses. Andres
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UN environment report lists earth's woes
A quarter of the world's mammal species could face extinction within 30 years, the United Nations said in a comprehensive overview of the state of the global environment. The Global Environment
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Iceberg, 56-km long, breaks away from Antarctica
An iceberg named D-17 broke off from Antartica, the National Ice Centre has reported. It broke away from the Lazarev Ice Shelf, a large sheet of glacial ice and snow extending from the Antarctic
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S'pore clean and green now, but for how long?
Singapore has stayed clean and green, despite the odds' against it. The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently acknowledged this when it dropped the island state from it global Environmental
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CPCB seeks police help on leaf burning
Despite a notification from the Delhi It governor's office banning burning of dry leaves, the Delhi municipal Corporation (MCD) has been unable to curb the practice. The practice is so pervasive that