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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Karnataka seeks more for drought relief
A high level delegation from Karnataka led by its Home Minister, Mallikarjun Kharge called on the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, K.C. Pant, the Union Agriculture Minister Ajit Singh, and
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Now, politicians pitch in to save the Ganga
Sadhus, sants and environmentalists have now been joined by politicians in expressing concern over the increasing pollution of the Ganga. Demanding that cleaning of the river be taken up on a
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Tackling AP's drought
Whenever natural calamities like drought occur, the first instinct of the affected state governments is to approach the Centre hat in hand for more assistance. Whether or not this is an efficacious
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Haryana to divert wastewater
Haryana has decided to stop storing effluents and wastewater in canals that are no longer in use and divert these to another canal which leads directly to fields for irrigation. CPCB chief Dilip
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Water, water everywhere
What an irony that India, the land of rivers, figures third among 122 countries which provide the worst quality of water to its citzens. This is one dubious distinction that India can do without.
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Quake in Akola
A mild earthquake, measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale, was recorded in Akola district of Maharashtra early on
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Computer waste hard to ware out
An estimated 1,050 tonnes of computer hardware-related scrap (e-waste) is generated every year in the country, a significant part of which finds its way to the markets of Delhi. Not only are the
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Shinde announces steps to tackle drought situation
The Maharashtra government announced a complete waiver of land revenue charges, school fees and particularly exempted marginal farmers from paying electricity bills in 12121 scarcity-hit villages
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Promoting environmental awareness in City through bench art
The nobel cause of spreading awareness on environment and ecology has been given a very different dimension through the medium of daily-use objects as
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Solid-waste treatment plant to be set up soon in Tirupati
If things move according to plan, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh will soon have a municipal solid waste treatment plant to produce organic compost and vermi compost. The project, estimated to cost about Rs