Global Gender Gap Report 2024
<p>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
Germany
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Munich, home to BMW, considers diesel ban to tackle pollution
Munich, home to carmaker BMW, has become the latest German city to consider banning some diesel vehicles amid "shocking" nitrogen oxide emissions in the Bavarian capital. "As much as I would welcome
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Merkel urges bigger fight against climate change after U.S. move
Germany and the rest of Europe should redouble their efforts to fight climate change after the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate pact, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday.
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Merkel’s G20-Africa meet aims to reduce poverty, migrant influx
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Monday meet African leaders in Berlin on initiatives aiming to reduce the poverty and conflict driving a mass migrant influx to Europe. The idea is to team up
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Merkel mustering G20 support on climate ahead of July summit: sources
Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking to bolster support among G20 members for tackling climate change ahead of a summit in Hamburg next month, while trying to avoid giving the impression she is rallying
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German wind-turbine major Enercon plans second coming into India
German wind turbine major Enercon is all set to ‘come back’ to India, this time on its own. Earlier, Enercon India was a joint venture with the Mumbai-based Mehra family, which ended up in the courts,
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Germany hopes G7 summit can help convince U.S. on climate
Germany is hoping that a G7 summit in Italy this week can play a role in convincing the United States to remain in the Paris climate agreement, a senior German official said on Wednesday. The official,
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Indian MP's visit to Germany for a workshop- May 2017
<p>Since the last decade, the economic and political interaction between India and Germany have enhanced significantly. Today, Germany is amongst India's most important partners bilaterally, especially
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Audi pledges full dieselgate transparency: CEO
Audi (NSUG.DE) pledged full transparency as it continues to clean up after the dieselgate emissions fraud but shareholders at the German luxury carmaker's annual meeting on Thursday again urged managers
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A comparative survey of the impacts of extreme rainfall in two international case studies
<p>Flooding is assessed as the most important natural hazard in Europe, causing thousands of deaths, affecting millions of people and accounting for large economic losses in the past decade. Little is
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Through the looking glass: A practical path to improving healthcare through transparency
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/Health_index.jpg" style="width: 340px; height: 189px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />This first global assessment of its kind