2.50 lakh children die in Bangladesh every year
bangladesh, with lower rates of child mortality than noth Indian and Pakistan, is on tack to meet the UN Millennium Development Goal target of reducing by two thirds the mrotlity rate among children
bangladesh, with lower rates of child mortality than noth Indian and Pakistan, is on tack to meet the UN Millennium Development Goal target of reducing by two thirds the mrotlity rate among children
New Delhi: India is expected to miss the crucial UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG), including those related to reduction in poverty, hunger and infant mortality, according to a government report. The
As the timeframe for the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) nears completion, minds are turning to the Post-2015 Development Agenda. This is accompanied by the realization that the focus on drinking-water
The statistical year book being published by the Central Statistics Office for past several years is one of the vital instruments designed to meet the ever growing diversified range information requirement.
The SDGs offer a "major improvement" over their predecessors, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, this report by the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social
Representatives of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal Committee on Water and Sanitation are currently on a visit to India, to formulate policies and strategies to achieve the Millennium
Climate change is one of the greatest global challenges in general, and to sustainable development and the UN Millennium Development Goals in particular. Catalyzing grassroots action by the tourism sector to combat this challenge is at the centre of World Tourism Day [WTD] 2008 Theme, Tourism: Responding to the Challenge of Climate Change. The official host country of WTD 2008 is Peru.
The Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was carried out in 2014 by Central Bureau of Statistics, Government of Nepal, as part of the global MICS programme. Technical support was provided by
India is on course to achieve the millennium development goals (MDGs) much before the agreed 2015 deadline, according to the Finance Secretary, Mr D.C. Gupta. The MDGs are a set of numerical and
<p>According to this report published by the Ministry Of Statistics And Programme Implementation, women form 46 per cent of the total 13.41 lakh elected representatives (ERs) in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) across the country. The share of women elected members in Panchayati Raj institutions is highest in Jharkhand (59%) followed by Rajasthan (58%) and Uttarakhand (58%) and lowest in Daman & Diu (29%) followed by Arunachal Pradesh (33%), Goa (33%), Gujarat (33%) and Tamil Nadu (33%).</p>
<p><span id="itro1">Even in countries with rapidly growing economies, large number of people still resort to open defecation: 626 million in India, 14 million in China & 7 million in Brazil finds this
Climate change is threatening to bring down all the previous achievements of Bangladesh in water and sanitary sectors and making it harder to meet the millennium development goal. State Minister for Environment and Forest Dr Hasan Mahumud said it yesterday at a dialogue calling to integrate climate change issues with relevant sectors including water and sanitary, agriculture, health, education
Millennium Development Goals summit begins UNITED NATIONS: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened a summit on Monday with a plea to the assembled Presidents, Prime Ministers and kings to use their power to meet U.N.
JAIPUR: Global as well as national commitment to reduce malnutrition and hunger as per the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) appears to be falling short of required willpower. At global level, first it was the high food prices and then the escalation in fuel prices, followed by the economic meltdown, which played an adverse role on the determination of the nations.
JAIPUR: Citizens, civil society groups and civil rights activists will gather at events being organised in 25 districts of Rajasthan this weekend to amplify their support to the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at eradicating extreme poverty and its root causes by 2015.
Progress toward defeating hunger in the world’s most populous region has slowed and countries of Asia-Pacific must redouble their efforts if the Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger is to be met
Most developing countries struggling to meet Millennium Development Goals by 2015; Report offers agenda for policies and actions by all partners in global campaign to reduce poverty. Poor people in
V. Jayanth Calls for global partnership to save the poor; "Act immediately to boost agricultural output' CHENNAI: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the "double jeopardy' of high food and fuel prices threatened to undermine much of the progress made in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Critical challenges
The international community will not meet the UN Millennium Development goals of halving the number of undernourished people in 2015 unless more is done to use less water while concurrently producing
In September this year a summit will be held in New York under the auspices of the United Nations to review the progress made during the last 10 years in achieving the targets set under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted by member nations of the UN in 2000.