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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TN proposal puts plastic sector at ease
Plastic goods manufacturers in Tamil Nadu have expressed cautious optimism over the Government's proposal to enact a legislation to tackle improper disposal of plastic items. The Governor, Mr P.S.
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Mumbai's R-Day gift: First search and rescue team
This January 26, precisely two years after the Gujarat earthquake, Mumbai is all set to gift the nation its first search and rescue team. The team
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Mystery blasts rock quake zone
For two months now, mysterious blasts emanating from the Earth in Saurashtra have fuelled fears of another earthquake. "Rumours of another quake have been racing from one end of Saurashtra to
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Quake hits Indonesia
An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale left 2,000 people homeless in eastern Indonesia, the Antara news agency reported on Friday, Officials said Thursday's quake damaged 500 homes, mosques
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China landslide kills 6
Six children from the same elementary school were killed when they were buried by a landslide while playing in a hollow on southern China's Hainan
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'DDA order to be disastrous in quake'
Those who think that the recent decision of the Union urban development ministry to allow additional construction in DDA flats is a gift for Delhiites, are mistaken. Considering that the city lies in
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Widespread distress
The Tamil Nadu Government's decision to officially declare all the districts, except Chennai, as "drought affected" announced by the Governor, P.S. Ramamohan Rao, in his conventional address to the
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Quake rattles New Zealand
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale rattled the lower part of New Zealand's North Island, including the capital Wellington. The tremor was centred near Woodville, about 190 km north of
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'Delhiites will have to segregate waste'
Delhiites would soon have to 'compulsorily' segregate household waste into biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste before disposing it of, according to the Municipal Commissioner, Mr Rakesh
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UP panel to monitor river pollution
The Uttar Pradesh Government has constituted a high-level committee to monitor the schemes for making rivers pollution free and the water suitable for drinking and irrigation. The State Environment