The UN’s trade and development body has downgraded its global economic growth projection for 2022 to 2.6% from 3.6% due to the Ukraine war and to changes in macroeconomic policies made by countries in recent months. While Russia will experience a deep recession this year, significant slowdowns in growth are …
Iran’s nuclear work will defiantly go on, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today, after UN inspectors left Tehran following talks that failed to lift their suspicions of atomic weapons research. “The Iranian nation has never been seeking an atomic weapon and never will be. It will prove to the …
India today lodged a strong protest with the UN for including absolute cuts in CO2 emissions and reduction in the use of ozone depleting substances among the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in a new assessment report launched here today. The report titled “Accelerating Equitable Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals: …
New Delhi: It’s official — India is the most dangerous place in the world to be a baby girl. Newly released data shows that an Indian girl child aged 1-5 years is 75% more likely to die than an Indian boy, making this the worst gender differential in child mortality …
Report Also Breaches Firewall Between Rich & Poor. A high-profile panel of the United Nation Secretary General (UNSG) on Global Sustainability has recommended that the world adopt sustainable development targets. The move has been opposed by India and several other developing countries as creating a backdoor for caps on emissions …
NEW DELHI, 17 JAN: Almost in line with the government’s estimate, a UN report has said that India’s economic growth rate will remain at 7.7 per cent in 2012 and 7.9 per cent in 2013. “India’s economy is forecast to expand at a pace similar to 2011 in the following …
India’s burgeoning cities and interventionist policies have aggravated the threat from natural disasters, the World Bank and United Nations said on Thursday. They emphasised the importance of preventive measures to minimize loss of life and property from natural hazards and the need to raise awareness so that governments are pressed …
The United Nations has warned that the world is at the cusp of another recession, pointing to the slowdown in economic growth in all countries including the growth engines— India and China. In a report 'World Economic Situation and Prospects 2012’, released Thursday the UN has downgraded its global economic …
The world economy faces the risk of a sharp slowdown in 2012 with governments hard-pressed to spur growth, a United Nations report has said. The report, ‘World Economic Situation and Prospects 2011’, published on Friday said global growth could fall from 3.6 per cent this year to less than 2 …
As a succession of crises break out on three continents, extreme weather events have added a new challenge to the world economy. By disrupting the tightly woven supply chain that is the backbone of world commerce — witness the flooded manufacturing plants in Thailand choking off supply of hard disks …
An analysis of forty years of global marriage and fertility data shows that the real effect of the decline in fertility in India has been a massive decrease in the number of women in their thirties having children. In western and northern Europe, on the other hand, women are more …
India is against climate goalpost being shifted for the third year in a row, and has drawn the Major Economies Forum’s attention to it during the ongoing meeting in Washington. The MEF, hosted by the US, is a platform outside the UN process activated to sort out tricky climate issues …
Vienna: Iran has worked on developing an atomic bomb design and may still be conducting research relevant for such weapons, the UN nuclear watchdog said in its most detailed and hardest-hitting report on military dimensions to Tehran’s nuclear programme. The International Atomic Energy Agency document, which has been preceded by …
Nargis was chosen as the symbolic seven billionth baby by child rights NGO, Plan India India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh on Monday morning greeted the arrival of the world’s seven billionth baby. The symbolic seven billionth baby is a girl child named Nargis, born to Ajay and Veenita Yadav …
EU’s unilateral decision to impose a levy on international aircraft emissions is questionable SANAT KAUL As a majority of emissions by aircraft do not take place at ground level but at 30,000 ft above sea level, calculating emissions countrywise is much more complicated. Consequently, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), …
KARACHI: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is seeking urgent donor support to help farmers in Sindh hit by rain and floods that were worse than 2010’s devastating flooding. Heavy monsoon rains that began in mid-August destroyed or damaged 73 percent of crops and 67 percent of food stocks in …
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has become the world's first Metro mode of transport to be certified by the United Nation (UN) for earning carbon credits by cutting down on pollution and emission of green house gases as part of its fight against climate change. And all thanks to …
Chinese and Indian drugmakers have taken over much of the global trade in medicines and now manufacture more than 80 per cent of the active ingredients in drugs sold worldwide. But they had never been able to copy the complex and expensive biotech medicines increasingly used to treat cancer, diabetes …
India will not impose export duty and other restrictions on food purchases by the United Nations World Food Programme, joining a global initiative to tackle scarcity of food and volatility in its prices. “The issue was discussed at the G-20 and the government will support the proposal,” a finance ministry …
Updates from UN Down To Earth reports on UN General Assembly in New York. Keep visiting to know the latest on non-communicable diseases. 'Lifestyle' diseases spur UN to act Health is rarely the topic of discussion at the UN general assembly. But starting September 19, the UN began a high-level …
Jyotsna GovilHonorary additional secretary of the Indian Cancer Society It is the first time the government has agreed that the numbers (of people) killed by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have long overtaken the communicable diseases numbers. Government was till now concentrating only on the communicable diseases like polio and AIDS. According …
