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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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• One-fifth of US in drought, little relief seen

  Despite winter storms, one-fifth of the United States remains in a drought with some Plains and Western states facing the worst conditions in a century, U.S. government weather forecasters said this

  • 13/02/2003

  • • Environment

• Appeal for drought relief measures

  Tharis have appealed the government and relief agencies to initiate relief measures on an emergency basis, saying that in the absence of concerted relief efforts, the effects of drought was likely to

  • 11/02/2003

  • • Environment

• Erosion by Surma river posing threat

  A vast area of land in Harinagar part III, along the Indo-Bangladesh border under Karimganj district is being demoished following severe errosion of river Surma in Assam. People of the locality have

  • 10/02/2003

  • Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
  • • Environment

• There are sufficient funds to tackle dry spell: Srikantaiah

  Revenue Minister H C Srikantaiah said that Karnataka state has sufficient funds to implement drinking water schemes to tackle the prevailing drought. Speaking to journalists after a drought-relief

  • 10/02/2003

  • • Environment

• Nightmare for Batmalloo residents as drainage collapses

  Thousands of residents of several Batamalloo localities, only a stone's throw from the main Srinagar city, are facing a perpetual nightmare following the collapse of entire sewerage system in these

  • 10/02/2003

  • Kashmir Times (Jammu)
  • • Environment

• Govt offers drought relief on wheat

  The Government on Thursday raised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of rapeseed, mustard, by up to Rs 30 per quintal and gram and masur by Rs 20 per quintal. While MSP of wheat, barley and safflower

  • 14/02/2003

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• India set terms for farm tariff cuts

  Ahead of he crucial WTO mini-ministerial beginning in Tokyo, India made it clear that it would not agree to any import tariff reduction on that it would not agree to any import tariff reduction on

  • 14/02/2003

  • Statesman (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• KPMG to take waste management strategy to Ahmedabad, B'lore

  After the successful privatization of solid waste management in Chennai, cities like Banglore and Ahmedabad are looking to emulate the same with similar public private partnerships (PPP) for their

  • 14/02/2003

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Rs 3000 crore drought package for Rajasthan

  The taskforce on drought, headed by deputry prime minister LK Advani, has approved a Rs 3000-crore special relief package to Rajasthan and decided to provide additional Rs 13 crore to Arunachal

  • 14/02/2003

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Air travel to knock UK CO2 emissions off target

  Britain is unlikely to deliver on its pledges to curb emissions of carbon dioxide, with pollution from air travel threatening to undo progress by industry and other sectors, said a team of government

  • 14/02/2003

  • • Environment