This paper presents a status report of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) on two crucial development parameters—inequality and poverty—that have a significant bearing on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs; especially SDG-1 and SDG-10). The paper tracks the origins and movements of absolute and relative poverty, …
Stresses on water supplies aggravated by climate change are likely to cause more conflicts and water should be considered as vital to national security as defense, the United Nations report said on Friday. About 145 nations share river basins with their neighbors and need to promote cooperation over a resource …
With its rising energy needs, India has emerged as the fourth largest energy consumer of the world after the US, China and Russia, but its per capita energy consumption remains lower than that of developed countries, says a report. "India is the fourth largest energy consumer in the world after …
With its rising energy needs, India has emerged the fourth largest energy consumer of the world after the US, China and Russia, but its per capita energy consumption remains lower than that of developed countries, says a report. “India is the fourth largest energy consumer in the world after the …
U.N. agencies want to strengthen national drought policies after warnings that climate change would increase their frequency and severity. Droughts cause more deaths and displacement than floods or earthquakes, making them the world's most destructive natural hazard, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, one of the groups taking part. …
Liquid chlorine spill at a chemical plant in Russia's Perm Territory injured 30 people, local authorities told the Interfax news agency Friday. Workers at the plant, located at the town of Berezniki in Perm, violated the technological process, triggering the accident. "30 people have been injured, 27 of them were …
Moscow—Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that will ban smoking in most public places and restrict cigarette sales in the world’s second-largest tobacco market after China. The law will ban smoking in some public places such as subways and schools from June 1, and come into force a …
The Arctic needs to be better protected from a rush for natural resources as melting ice makes mineral and energy exploration easier, the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said. The UNEP Year Book 2013 was released on Monday to accompany the opening of talks in Nairobi attended by environment ministers …
The Arctic needs to be better protected from a rush for natural resources as melting ice makes mineral and energy exploration easier, the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said. The UNEP Year Book 2013 was released on Monday to accompany the opening of talks in Nairobi attended by environment ministers …
Smoking in Russia will be banned from restaurants, long-distance trains and housing block entrance halls under a tough new bill passed by parliament. Just one deputy in the State Duma voted against the legislation, which expands a 2001 smoking law. It is now expected to be passed by the upper …
An underground methane gas explosion killed up to 18 miners at a coal pit in northern Russia on Monday and President Vladimir Putin dispatched his disasters minister to the scene to oversee rescue efforts. Rescue workers said they had brought 10 bodies to the surface at the Vorkutinskaya mine, owned …
A draft document by the Arctic Council fails to define liability for accidents in an icy region opening up due to global warming Arctic nations' plans to start co-operating over oil spills are vague and fail to define companies' liability for any accidents in an icy region opening up due …
State Minister for Science and Technology Yeafesh Osman on Wednesday said, the ground construction work of the country's first Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant will be started in September this year and it would be finished by 2015. Generation from the first unit of 1000 MW power nuclear power plant will …
A magnitude-6.3 quake stroke in the Sakhalin Oblast of Russia's Far East Thursday morning, leaving no property damage or human casualty, the Ria Novosti news agency reported.
Greenland is less vulnerable than expected to a runaway melt that would drive up world sea levels, according to scientists who found that only a quarter of the ice sheet thawed in a warm period more than 100,000 years ago. The study, involving 300 experts from 14 nations, implied that …
Report states carriers earned up to €1.36bn last year, despite claims that charge would impose crippling costs on industry Airlines made windfall profits of up to €1.36bn (£1.2bn) last year from a EU carbon tax they claimed would impose crippling costs on industry, according to a report into the measure's …
U.S. President Barack Obama won praise abroad on Tuesday for his pledge to lead the fight against climate change, which has faltered as nations argue over who should foot the bill to lower carbon emissions. Two decades of summits and resolutions have not stopped mankind pumping growing quantities of greenhouse …
PABNA: The country has got into a far advanced stage in its move to implement the much-awaited Rooppur nuclear power plant with a new deal signed with Russia recently, reports BSS. The plan for setting up the country's first ever nuclear power plant at Rooppur village in Ishwardi upazila of …
At least four miners died when fumes filled the shaft where they were working in Russia’s main coal-producing region on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported. Searches for another four missing men had to be suspended after levels of methane in the mine in the Kuznetsk Basin reached dangerous levels, the …
Worried about attacks by wolves that are devouring reindeer in increasing numbers, the leader of Russia's vast Sakha Republic issued a decree on Tuesday initiating a three-month hunt targeting the predators. The goal is to bring the wolf population of the India-sized region also known as Yakutia down from more …
The Russian Space Agency said Tuesday that it would send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2015 from a new launchpad in the Far East. The head of Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin, told Russian news agencies that the rocket booster would deliver a 1,100-pound space exploration vehicle with up to …
