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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Sofi for time bound installation of pollution control devices
Minister for Forest and Environment, Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Sofi has ordered J&K State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) to frame a time bound action plan for the industrial unit holders of the state for
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SMC notice on disposal of bio-medical waste
The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), Gujarat, has issued notices to hospitals in the city to register with the civic body for the disposal of bio-medical waste. Of the 482 hospitals, nursing homes,
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Govt fails to control CRZ violations
Though Goa's coastline is well protected by the CRZ provisions barring any construction within 500 metres of the High Tide Line, the aspect involving monitoring of the same by district level
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Govt will deal strictly over CRZ implementation: Baalu
Union Environment and Forests Minister, TR Baalu, indicated that there would be no let up whatsoever in implementing the Coastal Zone Regulations in the country. Mr Baalu, who was on a two-day visit
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India fears US-EU deal on agricultural subsidies
Last week, developing countries, including India, said agriculture held the key to the successful completion of the Doha round of trade talks under the World Trade Organisation. With EU members not
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'Safety norms compromised'
While the Delhi Jal board is yet to make public its inquiry report in the Rithala sewage treatment plant mishap in which five workers had died due to alleged lack of safety equipment a confession on
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Rains wreak havoc, toll reaches 70
Rain-fed rivers inundated more areas in Assam and Bihar where seven fresh deaths were reported pushing the toll in the two states to 41. At least 29 people died in the past two days in Uttar
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Panel reports on paper, floods stay
While floods continue to ravage Assam, at the state Water Resource Department, there's a deluge of reports and recommendations by expert committees that are yet to be put to use. Records show at
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India, USA end talks on development
The India and the USA concluded their five-day-long deliberations in New Delhi under the global issues forum and agreed that UN Commission on Sustainable Development was an important forum for
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Floods kill 569 people in China
The worst flood since 1991 in southeast China has killed 569 people, displaced 2.29 million people and damaged 23.62 million acres of crops so far, the Civil Affairs Ministry said. The flood