Women, business and the law 2024
Women, Business and the Law 2024 is the 10th in a series of annual studies measuring the enabling conditions that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. To present a more complete picture
Women, Business and the Law 2024 is the 10th in a series of annual studies measuring the enabling conditions that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. To present a more complete picture
A us federal court recently ordered Google to hand over some search data, including 50,000 web addresses, to the us government, although a request to hand over a list of people's search requests
China recently introduced a 5 per cent tax on disposable wooden chopsticks, in a bid to conserve its forests. Millions of trees and bamboo plants are cut every year in China to produce 45 billion
A New Jersey court found a Singapore shipping company guilty of seven felony charges and has fined it us $6.5 million for illegal dumping off the New Jersey coast. Wallenius Ship Management Pte
A consumer court s landmark verdict on irrigation
dhaka protests: Bangladesh recently lodged an official protest with India claiming that it had received much less water from the Ganga river than was agreed upon during the Farakka talks. Dhaka said
In August 2005, the Indian Parliament passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act <font class='UCASE'>nrega</font> . The latest avatar of state financed employment guarantee schemes <font class='UCASE'>egs</font> geared to alleviate rural povert
A plantation economy, land grabbing and migrations from neighbouring states have forced Gudalur s tribals into destitution
A World Trade Organization (wto) panel has ruled that Mexico violated global trade regulations in a long-standing soft drinks dispute with the us. In 2002, Mexico levied a 20 per cent tax on
Tsunami experience redefines coastal zones
A us federal appeals court recently overturned a clean-air regulation of the Environment Protection Agency (epa), ruling in favour of a coalition of states and environmental groups. The court said