Global gender gap report 2023
The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival,
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The Bangladesh Development Report 2013
Development in Bangladesh is happening, and despite being one of the most densely populated countries in the world, prosperity is now a possible reality. As one of the top 20 achievers of the Millennium
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Application for Directions filed by Common Cause seeking a probe on the allocation of coal blocks
Application for Directions filed by Common Cause seeking a seeking a thorough probe into the unlawful interference by the Government in the ongoing investigation by the CBI and the dilution of the status
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Now, politics over water scarcity in Gujarat
It is “water politics” in Gujarat now. With nearly 8,000 of the 18,000 villages in the state declared drought-affected as many of the urban centres in the Kutch-Saurashtra and the north Gujarat regions
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Rajasthan has got clearance from Centre for dam across Parwan river: CM
JAIPUR: Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said that the state government has obtained the Centre's clearance for constructing a dam across the Parwan river (a tributary of Kali Sindh river) in Baran
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Mainstreaming climate change resilience into development planning in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that by 2050, 17 per cent of Bangladesh will have been claimed by
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WWF gives green light to election voters
For those thinking of tailoring their vote in this weekend's state election around environmental policies - the World Wildlife Fund is providing a colour-coded rating of each of the major party's environmental
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Captive democracy: abuse of the criminal system and filing false cases to curb dissent against the POSCO steel plant in Orissa
As is now well known, the Government of Orissa and Pohang Steel Company (POSCO), Republic of Korea signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on June 22, 2005 for setting up an Integrated Steel Plant in
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Mining Ministry’s Zero Loss Theory
In an elaborate cover-up, the Ministry of Mines is working behind the scene to save politicians and industrialists involved in illegal mining in Odisha How do you defeat attempts to punish corruption?
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Ravi-Tawi canal project victim of political rivalry
The construction of the Ravi-Tawi Irrigation Canal project from Basantpur to upstream of Ranjit Sagar Dam in Kathua district has become the victim of political differences between two Cabinet ministers,
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A bitter harvest
Sugar cane farmers of Maharashtra's sugar cooperative sector find themselves at a losing end. (Editorial)