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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Andhra heat wave claims 70 more
The heat wave in Andhra Pradesh has claimed a total of 1,209 lives with 70 more deaths reported. The temperature kept hovering between 46 to 48 degrees Celsius in parts of the
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Rs 500 crore corpus to deal with diasters suggested
The crisis management group set up after the Gujarat earthquake submitted its report to the Prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee. The report recommends a 'long-term approach' and the formation of a
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Toll rises, Andhra seeks Centre help
The heatwave sweeping Andhra Pradesh claimed 74 more lives briging the toll to 1,139. The state has sought Central assistance for the victim's families under National Calamity Relief Fund. "I request
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Samithy to stage dharna before PCB office
The relentless campaign waged by residents of Karimughal against the Philips Carbon Company refuse to die down even as the Pollution Control Board (PCB) has given its permission to restart Line 3 at
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Pollution making city life miserable
The Kochi city's polluted air is bringing a number of patients to hospitals, if the data available with doctors are any indication. Respiratory problems, allergy and asthmatic complaints are on the
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Environment pollution: Milma plant blocked
The action council against environment pollution has organised a blockade of the Milma plant at Kulasekharapati in Kerala. The blockade was in protest against the lack of waste treatment plant,
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Brussels' Gift' to Pak textile sector: India to reply to WTO today
New Delhi will file its replies to a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel in the dispute regarding Brussels's
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Sanitation programme gets Central approval
The Rural Sanitation Programme (RSP) promoted in Ernakulam district in Kerala by the Rural Development Department and three-tier panchayats have received the approval of the central government. The
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It can be advantage India'
The World Trade Organisation has clearly become the most important multilateral forum in the world, being far more pervasive and effective than even the United Nations. Even China, which had long
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Public resent discarding of dead fowls in Payaswini river
Aletti gram panchayat in Mangalore has complained to the police against disposal of dead creatures (poultry) in the Payaswini River banks by poultry transporters from Tamil Nadu. This incident has