COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker
<p>Most of the world’s nations are not doing enough to protect women and girls from the economic and social fallout being caused by the COVID-19 crisis, according to new data released today by UNDP
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Sanitation in India is disastrous
New Delhi: Accepting that development of sanitation facilities in the country has been a “disaster”, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday suggested enhanced government funding to deal
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Vulnerable countries to speak up with one voice
The climate vulnerable countries like Bangladesh will speak up with one voice for global support for climate change adaptation at the oncoming Durban climate summit this December, two ministers said at
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Experts warn of massive influx of climate refugees to urban areas
Planners and urban experts on Sunday warned that climate change and sea level rise would displace 30 per cent of country’s population who would be forced come to the cities for their survival. To meet
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Smart Card Solution for PDS
Smart cards already in use for the insurance scheme for the poor can also be used to transfer food subsidy The government of India’s Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)… is now internationally recognised
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Kalutara to have first wildlife sanctuary
The Kodigahakanda forest in the Olabouwa North Grama Niladhari division in Horana will be declared a sanctuary in November under the Forest Conservation Department, MEDEF President K.Munagama told the
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Global investment in clean energy hits $243bn: UN
Global investment in clean energy rose to a record $243 billion dollars last year with the vast majority concentrated in the world's top 20 economies, the United Nations said Wednesday. Many countries
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Yamuna to replicate Punjab’s art-from-weed project
When the state forest department embarked on a project to make water hyacinth an economic resource, it did not know that with this weed, it was not only sowing seeds of women empowerment and clean ecology
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Recovery of hazardous metals from e-wastes yet to shape up
The recovery system to extract hazardous metals from electronic wastes has to be improved in the State, according to R.Ramachandran, Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB).
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UNDP and govt sign project to increase resilience of tourism sector to climate change
The United Nations Development Programme and the Ministryof Tourism, Arts and Culture have signed a project amounting to US $ 3.3 million today,to help the tourism sector adapt and prepare for the negative
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Accounts being opened in Delhi slums for cash in lieu of rations
Even as results of a pilot study on direct cash transfers in lieu of rations are still awaited, postal staff in Delhi are getting slum-dwellers to open accounts. “We are being asked to pay Rs 50 and