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
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
The coastal town of Pondicherry is facing sea erosion threat. Since the last two months, the sea had entered several coastal villages in Kottakuppam in Tamil Nadu, bordering Pondy, and washed away
Themercaptan menaces back in the Hyderabad city. The pungent odour caused by release of mercaptan gas by a few drug manufacturing units in Kajepalle Industrial Area caused inconvenience for residents
India today obtained an assurance from the united Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) that further studies on the Asian brown haze would be conducted before arriving at any definite conclusion. Union
The UN officially said it was 'pleased' with the status of negotiations at the World Summit on Sustainable Development amid indications that the G-77 group of developing countries continues to be
Bhopal-like disaster is waiting to happen at the port town of Paradip, with the closure of the two-million tone diammonium phosphate plant of the Oswal group. Lying shut for the past one month for
A breakthrough in the use of industrial waste like fly ash from thermal power plants and slag from steel plants in road-building is close at hand with flyovers and several new road stretches using
At least nine people were killed and 26 were missing after heavy rains in Southeastern Afghanistan triggered a mudslide in this drought-affected nation, an official said on Tuesday. All the missing
Sustainable Development will be helpful if the governments of rich countries scale down the various subsidies they shower on their farmers and if the governments of poor countries cease to prosecute
It's hard to cross the main square next to the Earth Summit without bumping into a huge inflatable globe sponsored by a German luxury carmaker which leaves surrounding cafes in the shade. Business
Delegates at the World Summit on Sustainable Development on Tuesday urged increased global efforts to bring new agricultural technologies to the developing world and railed against wealthy countries