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
Tropical storm Isidore, idling after slamming Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, was poised to regain strength over the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, setting it on course for the US Gulf Coast. The mighty
Kolkata is fast turning into ' a city of garbage', while the people are facing acute water shortage because of the civic administration's total collapse' and the mayor in council members'
In an unprecedented step towards a healthy and clean environment, residents of Anaravati town in Maharasthra responded to the district administration's appeal of immersing Ganesh idols in an
A month into the Clean Mumbai campaign, some areas are beginning to see results. In Chembur, the BMC policy of fining people who liter has begun to yield results. Also as in Ghatkopar and other
After a futile wait for a bountiful south-west monsoon, the S M Krishna government in Karnataka is now opting for 'artificial rain's through 'cloud seeding'. Cloud seeding is a 'deliberate
Home minister T Devender Goud accused the industries of acting 'irresponsibly and polluting' the surroundings of the Hyderabad city, rendering some patches of land useless for cultivation. "Everyday
Nearly two decades have elapsed since the launch of Ganga Action Plan and it is still a moot point whether at all this great river will be cleansed forever of the dirt and filth it carries with it in
Monday's Supreme Court order slapping a Rs 5 crore fine on companies for defacing rocks on the Manali-Rohtang Pass is remarkable for two reasons: one, this was judicial activism at its speediest best
Whether the new Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility under the Hyderabad Waste Management Project at Dundigal will help the cause of pollution control in the city is a question that time can only
There has been a substantial decline in the amount of Silica dust in the atmosphere of slate Pencil factories as a result of several measures taken by the Madhya Pradesh state government for the