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
One of the major problems confronting Assam is flood caused by rivers and waterways due to heavy downpour in the catchment areas and alos by melting ice in the upper reaches. The behaviour of
The Indian Meteorological Society, Visakhapatnam chapter, wants Andhra Pradesh in particular and the southern States in general to take up cloud-seeding on a substantial scale to boost rainfall and
Hopes dwindled of finding more survivors from Algeria's deadliest earthquake in more than 20 years as the death toll rose to more than 1720. Rescue teams with sniffer dogs and listening devices
Thousands of people living around the huge Ghazipur landfill site in East Delhi are feeling suffocated these days, thanks to the callous attitude of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials
The threat of yet another drought (third year in succession) looms over Karnataka. If the drought does happen, it will have a serious impact on the reform process and the above 8 per cent GDP growth
After years of sabre-rattling and diplomatic entreaties, US patience with the European Union's opposition to genetically modified foods has snapped. Now Washington has thrown down the gauntlet by
Christine Todd Whitman announced her resignation as administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency yesterday, amid suggestions that she disagreed with much of the Bush administration's
Sri Lanka education authorities will keep closed nearly 200 schools either damaged in recent floods or used to house displaced people a minister said. There is no hurry to reopen the schools.
The Forest Department has issued directions to the District Forest Officers (DFOs) to take actin against the individuals who have hanged hoardings on the trees. The department has also taken a