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• World migration report 2024

  The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people

  • 07/05/2024

  • International Organization for Migration (IOM)
  • • Migration
    • Displacement
    • Climate Change
    • Food Security
    • Women
    • India
    • Global

• The tribal situation in India

  • 01/01/2002

  • Indian Institute of Advanced Study
  • • Tribals
    • India

• Tighter norms in Mashelkar final report

  The final report of the Mashelkar Committee on auto fuel policy varies in some significant respects from the interim report it submitted earlier this year. By virtue of the new recommendations in the

  • 28/12/2001

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Vehicular Pollution

• Bhuj to focus on water harvesting

  Ravaged by an earthquake in 2001, Kutchis are not only rebuilding their lives slowly but also addressing the issues like water crisis. Interestingly, an aspect that marks the rebuilding of their

  • 20/12/2001

  • Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• Report on auto fuel policy by month-end

  The Draft national automobile fuel policy, which advocates the continuation of liquid fuel as the main fuel, is ready, and will be presented to the petroleum ministry later this month. The policy,

  • 19/12/2001

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Vehicular Pollution

• Notice to Govt. on water harvesting

  The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Union Government, the Central Ground Water Authority (CWA), the Delhi Government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for making them

  • 10/12/2001

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• Phase out date nears, transporters fudge facts over CNG buses

  With the deadline for the first phasing out of diesel buses on their head, transporters are in a bit of a soup as they are far from getting CNG buses to make up for the diesel ones. The Supreme Court

  • 30/11/2001

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Vehicular Pollution

• CNG only for vehicles registered as per SC order

  The union minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr Ram Naik said the Centre would be soon bringing out advertisements that CNG would only be allowed in vehicles which have been registered as per the

  • 23/11/2001

  • Statesman (New Delhi)
  • • Vehicular Pollution

• Agreement finally reached on ozone controls

  The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have negotiated an agreement over a proposed new law for reducing ground-level

  • 02/11/2001

  • • Ozone Layer

• People's parliament on river water

  The Arvari Sansad (parliament) is the first of its kind. Thousands of villagers living along the Arvari river have set up this unique forum to ensure that the waters of the river are not misused by

  • 21/10/2001

  • • Dams
    • Irrigation

• CNG mishap brings safety issue to the fore

  Shocked over the latest incident, the fourth in three months, of a fire in a CNG run bus at Nehru Place in South Delhi on Wednesday , the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) today demanded that

  • 12/10/2001

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Vehicular Pollution