Women, business and the law 2024
Women, Business and the Law 2024 is the 10th in a series of annual studies measuring the enabling conditions that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. To present a more complete picture
Women, Business and the Law 2024 is the 10th in a series of annual studies measuring the enabling conditions that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. To present a more complete picture
The Indian Parliament has passed legislation that promotes the use of vehicles using alternate fuel
UK launches world s first government sponsored emissions trading programme
Air pollution levels rise drastically in Asia; push health costs<br> <br>
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court (SC) has directed the country's Central Environmental Authority (CEA) and the police to take necessary action to prevent illegal sand mining. It has also asked the CEA to
Killing two birds with a single law. That is exactly what the Chilean president Ricardo Lagos is up to. A new law proposed by him aims at the creation of a research fund from royalties paid by the
<font class="UCASE">will </font> the new forest rights rules empower forest communities? There are mixed responses to the recently released draft of the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Rules, 2007. Announced on June 19, the rules are meant to operationalise the parent act. The Union ministry of tribal affairs has sought comments.<br>
Fighting corruption requires a determined response
In order to deal with the growing waste, the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (mch) has passed a resolution to impose a garbage tax on 2,000 waste-generating city institutions. These include
The Supreme Court warned the state of Haryana and mine contractors of "serious consequences' if mining operations continued in the state's ecologically fragile Aravali Hills. A division bench said
Illegal smuggling of insects from the Himalaya comes into focus with the arrest of two Russians in Sikkim