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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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• No cut in wheat quota, PM assures Gehlot

  The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, has reportedly assured the Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot that there would not be any cut in the quota of wheat for drought relief assistance. There

  • 10/02/2003

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• De-colonise the green agenda : experts

  There is a need to resist colonization of the policy agenda. Efforts should be made to make sustainable development a reality by empowering the poor and highlighting environmental concerns in the

  • 09/02/2003

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Industrial waste flows into the Beas

  Truck loads of industrial waste from the 126 MW Larji Hydel Project are being emptied into the Beas due to which the river is getting polluted. It is also posing a danger to other hydel projects and

  • 09/02/2003

  • Tribune (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Fuji Xerox to use recycled plastic to make copier

  The Fuji Xerox Co group has developed technology to make copier and other parts solely with recycled plastic, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported in its morning edition. According to the report, Fuji

  • 08/02/2003

  • Economic Times (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• White House to unveil corporate greenhouse gas commitments

  The White House will next week unveil commitments from US companies to curb emissions of greenhouse gases. The promise stem from President George W.Bush's effort to enlist industry support for his

  • 07/02/2003

  • Financial Times (London)
  • • Environment

• Crucial WTO meet to discuss TRIPs

  The General Council meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), scheduled for next week in Geneva, will be of special significance to New Delhi as two important reports related to implementation

  • 08/02/2003

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Tata Energy rating for GVK plant

  The Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), New Delhi, has awarded highest rating in environmental performance to the 235-MW Jegurupadu combined cycle power plant of GVK Industries Ltd. An equivalent

  • 08/02/2003

  • Business Line (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Delhi readies for a rumble

  Delhi is one of the most vulnerable places for earthquakes in India. Studies reveal that the Capital is rocked by two or three earthquakes a month, though the intensity is so low that no one ever

  • 09/02/2003

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• CSD meet to review measures adopted in global summit

  The United Nations has proposed to devote the coming meeting of its Commission for Sustainable Development to review the progress in the implementation of the various decisions taken during the

  • 09/02/2003

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Bring industries and Delhi goes down the drain

  The swell in the industrial areas in the Capital, after 24 of residential zones were changed to industrial, is going to add to ever-burgeoning problem of effluent treatment. The sewerage network,

  • 08/02/2003

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment