Human development report 2023/2024
After a drop in its Human Development Index (HDI) value in 2021 and following a flat trend over the past few years, India’s HDI value has increased to 0.644 in 2022, placing the country 134 out of 193
After a drop in its Human Development Index (HDI) value in 2021 and following a flat trend over the past few years, India’s HDI value has increased to 0.644 in 2022, placing the country 134 out of 193
It s not easy to take on the pesticide industry. The Philippines knows it better
Lakes were critical for Indian cities. They prevented floods and recharged groundwater. Today, these holes in the ground are either lucrative real estate for builders, the last resort for slum dwellers, or garbage dumps. In the past decade, concerned citi
The Chilika Development Authority (CDA) in Orissa has become the first organization in the Asian subcontinent to receive the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award for 2002. The international award,
NASA scientists are to launch their most ambitious attempt to investigate a comet in a mission that could help to defend Earth against catastrophic impacts with matter from deep space. An unmanned
In a breakthrough out of the realms of Star Trek, scientists in Australia have successfully telephoned a laser beam of light from one spot to another in a plit second, but they warn-don't sell the
The irrigation department has made matters worse by leasing out disputed land
Members push nuclear power as energy source of the future
The world's cities are burgeoning. Fifty years ago, New York was the only metropolis with a population of more than10 million. Today there are 19 such cities. At present, some three billion people
India's first Human Development Report needs to look beyond numbers at ecology poverty linkages
The district administration had decided to supply Kolar water to the old city area. This step was taken to cope up with the severe water problem faced by the residents due to the drop in water level