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
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Govt to back study on Tarbela dam, Indus River system
The Government of Pakistan has agreed to support the World Commission on Dams' (WCD) independent study of the Tarbela Dam and Indus River irrigation system, the world's largest
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Pluto out in the cold
Astronomers disagree about whether Pluto really is the solar system's ninth planet, or just a puffed-up asteroid, or something else entirely : a
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The state of India's environment: the fifth citizens' report - part II: statistical database
A comprehensive two-volume dossier on environmental issues, events, policies, practices and challenges in India, along with statistics on environment-related facts.
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The state of India's environment: the fifth citizens' report - part I: national overview
This book presents a national overview of the startling array of challenges faced by India - including pollution and waste generation. The book demonstrates how all natural resources, from land and forests to water and biodiversity, are under immense pressure and in turn, compounded poverty. Rapid industrial, agricultural and urban development has led to alarming and ever-growing levels of pollution. The solution lies in good governance and the application of appropriate technological and management solutions as the nation inches towards higher rates of economic growth and social development.
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Heat from volcanic rock could power the planet
Molten volcanic rock could be used to produce electricity in future. A team from Sandia National Laboratory in --Albuquerque, New Mexico , has begun exploratory drilling at Mammoth Lakes in
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Osakans, state settle pollution dispute
After two decades of court battles, residents of Osaka's Nishi-Yodogawa Ward suffering from air pollution came to a legal compromise with the national government and the Hanshin Expressway Public
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MCH vehicles not meeting emission standards
The Municipal corporation of Hyderabad (MCH), which paints the city green with hoardings calling for a "clean and green city", is the main culprit among government departments when it comes to
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Sindh Cabinet serves notice over Kalabagh Dam
Sindh chief minister Liaquat Jatoi has failed to garner the support of his Cabinet for the construction of Kalabagh Dam as not even a single minister is ready to come out in the favour of the
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Govt lowers vehicular emission level
The Nepalese government relaxed the standard for vehicular emissions without heeding to the recommendations made by the environmental experts with the Vehicular Emission Standard Review Committee
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U.S. fights EU efforts to ban PVC toys
The Clinton administration, acting at the behest of Mattel Inc. and other toy companies, is lobbying against European efforts to ban controversial chemical from teething rings and other toys for