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• 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

  • 24/04/2024

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• Honda to equip factories with high-end solar cells

  Honda Motor Co. announced it has developed a high-performance solar cell that it plans to use to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions from its factories. Unlike most solar cells, which are based on

  • 20/05/2002

  • • Environment

• World gathers for environment meet

  Over 6000 delegates from 189 countries will start their two week meeting to reduce or even stop over exploitation of the world's natural resources. However vast differences between developed and

  • 28/05/2002

  • Statesman (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• 40 sq. km of KNP eroded

  About 40 square km area of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam had been eroded by the Brahmaputra during the last 35 years from 1967. According to reports, the mighty river eroded about 14.20

  • 23/05/2002

  • Sentinel (Guwahati)
  • • Environment

• Closure of tanneries fails to hurt exports

  Against the fears of the leather exporters of West Bengal, the closure of tanneries has made little impact on exports of leather products. Kolkata contributes 16 per cent of India's leather exports,

  • 28/05/2002

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• No monsoon magic

  Monsoon myths are legion. One concerns the impact of the monsoon on the Indian economy. Contrary to the population notion, there is no one-to-one correlation between the performance of the monsoon

  • 28/05/2002

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Sluggish desilting process may make things worse

  Nearly three months after the Municipal Corporation of Delhi started the annual desilting operation of 1,332 drains under its control, the civic body has been able to remove just 40 per cent of the

  • 28/05/2002

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Majority of industries ignore APPCB norms

  Thanks to the laxity on the part of the enforcing agencies, a majority of the industries in the Andhra Pradesh state do not comply with the standards set up by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution control

  • 25/05/2002

  • • Environment

• Corporators dispute claim on drainage cleaning

  Mumbai Municipal commissioner Karun Srivastava's claim that 64 per cent of drains in Mumbai have been cleaned for the impending monsoon has been pooh-poohed by corporators. Mayor Mahadeo Devle went

  • 24/05/2002

  • • Environment

• Natural disaster management division finally comes to home ministry

  The natural disaster management division is being transferred from the agriculture ministry to home ministry from June 1. But the government is still undecided about the role of the central relief

  • 31/05/2002

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• S Africa wants emphasis on trade at UN Summit

  South Africa, the host nations of the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development, is pushing for trade and development issues to top the agenda when world leaders meet in Johannesburg in

  • 29/05/2002

  • Financial Times (London)
  • • Environment