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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Flood threat to Godavari
Bhadrachalam Sub-collector Natarajan Gulzar directed all the mandal revenue officers in the division to be alert on Godavari floods. Presiding over the flood advisory committee meeting on Monday at
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Control rooms for flood control
The Panchkula district administration has set up six control rooms as base for flood control measures in the coming rainy season. Briefing about the arrangements, Deputy Commissioner Jyoti Arora said
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Maharashtra counts loss at Rs 149 crore
The death toll in the recent monsoon fury in Maharashtra has risen to 94 with the recovery of four more bodies. The financial loss is estimated at Rs 149.21 crore. In Thane district, rains claimed 61
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Faultiness that underlie Iranian government
The earthquake that leveled villages in northern Iran last week, leaving some 25000 people homeless exposed not just the frailty of their mud and brick houses but also the vulnerability of the
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Saving the planet is a business opportunity not to be missed
Climate change is a reality. Scientific opinion generally accepts that rising levels of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere will cause significant changes to global climate patterns. This
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Court finds DC air pollution violates federal law
July 2nd, as the Washington DC area recorded a "code purple" air pollution day, a federal appeals court struck down an extension of the clean air deadline for the Washington DC area, ruling that the
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California legislature OKs greenhouse gas emissions bill
The California legislature approved a controversial bill that would make the state the first in the nation to regulate vehicle greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming. The Assembly voted
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Waste to wealth projects
The likely revival of a solid waste recycling project, to digest the daily mounds of garbage generated by Dhaka (Bangladesh) dwellers and simultaneously produce some 60MW of power, while keeping the
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Despite SC ban, coal still being used in Agra
Despite a total ban on the use of coal by the Supreme Court a district-level committee of magistrates and pollution board officials in Agra has identified at least 16 industrial units running on
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Sewage sludge rules fail to protect health
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is using outdated science to set standards governing the use of treated sewage sludge as a fertilizer, warns a new report from the National Academies'