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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Eco fridges
Refrigerators using ecofriendly hydrocarbons in place of fluorocarbons, for installation and cooling, are to be marketed by domestic manufacturers in Japan in early 2002. Toshiba Corporations is
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Afghanistan in the grip of environmental disaster
As dusk falls in Kabul, the streets fill with a choking gray smoke, despite the city's near complete lack of industry. Nearly every family in this capital of one million is cooking its evening meal
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Waste incineration on hospital premises
One may be justified in concluding that hospital authorities in Bangladesh care not for reports that waste incineration on the premises is highly hazardous to the health of people in the vicinity. Or
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MCD to introduce STPs in resettlement colonies
Those living resettlement colonies-at least some of them-may no longer have to complain about the poor sewage disposal system in their areas. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will, for the first
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DVB efforts to prevent Yamuna pollution fails
Despite efforts of the Delhi Vidyut Board to curb the pollution of the Yamuna with fly ash dispensed by the two DVB thermal power stations in the city, the Central Pollution Control Board claims that
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Mega eco parks in BDA agenda
In an effort to enhance greenery in the 'Garden City', the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has chalked out a comprehensive 'Urban Environment Management' programme envisaging development of
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Plastics still rule the roost in the state, govt. efforts notwithstanding
Intensive campaigns against the use of plastics by NGOs and district administrations have, to an extent, reduced use of non-reusable plastic material in Tamil Nadu. but there's a long way to go
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Heatwave toll reaches 1,030; East Godavari worst hit
The heatwave conditions that prevailed in the coastal districts for more than a week have claimed a toll that is estimated to be 1,030 with East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh accounting for the
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Court clears eviction on tannery land
Justice Barin Ghosh of Calcutta high court on Tuesday passed an order allowing the West Bengal state government to evict 368 families from Beder Hat, a village in Bantala. The government had acquired
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Japan hit by quake
A moderate earthquake jolted northern Japan early Saturday, but there were no reports of damage. The quake struck at 9:37 a.m. and was initially measured at magnitude 4.0, the meteorologically agency