Order of the High Court of Delhi in W.P.(C) 6444/2021 in the matter of Ratiram Ahirwar & Others Vs Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board & Others dated 13/07/2021. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in exercise of his power under Section 22 of the Building and Other Construction …
ISLAMABAD - Visiting Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Wednesday announced a $19 million aid package for Pakistan that includes help for border areas hit by conflict and natural disasters. Bishop made the pledge during a two-day visit to Islamabad, where she held talks with Adviser to Prime Minister on …
A key U.N. climate fund hit a snag Thursday as major donors including the United States and Japan failed to meet a deadline for converting their pledges of climate aid into signed agreements. Green Climate Fund — intended to become the main international channel of climate finance for developing countries …
Relief efforts to help millions of Nepalis reeling from the aftermath of a massive earthquake must be scaled up, the United Nations said, launching a $415 million (268.57 million pounds) appeal on Wednesday as survivors grew frustrated at the slow delivery of aid. The 7.8 magnitude quake rocked the impoverished …
The world’s first academy for humanitarian relief is to be launched, aimed at training 100,000 aid workers from over 50 countries in organising rapid responses to disasters and emergencies. The Humanitarian Leadership Academy, launching on Monday, is a response to the growing number of humanitarian crises around the world, driven …
New Zealand will boost its aid contribution to Vanuatu to $3.5 million dollars to help the cyclone-ravaged nation recover. A further $1 million was announced today by Foreign Minister Murray McCully to top up New Zealand's aid contribution in the wake of Cyclone Pam. New Zealand will also help transport …
PORT VILA – Japan is considering extending $1.2 million in emergency grant aid to Vanuatu and other Pacific nations devastated by powerful Cyclone Pam, a senior government official said Sunday. At his meeting with Vanuatuan Foreign Minister Sato Kilman, Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Kentaro Sonoura said Tokyo is ready to …
THE Federal Government in collaboration with the World Bank has earmarked $30 million to support Nigeria’s quest in the fight against climate change in the country, during an interactive meeting with development partners and donors in Abuja, Tuesday Country Director of World Bank, Dr. Marie Francoise Marie Nelly, said the …
Madagascar's government appealed for international aid on Wednesday after a tropical storm earlier this month devastated large swathes of the Indian Ocean island, causing damage worth around $40 million. Sixty-eight people were killed and 130,000 displaced when the tropical storm Chedza hit Madagascar on Jan. 16, the National Bureau of …
The AU Commission on Thursday launched a 10 million dollar agreement with the U.S. government to support ASEOWA programme on Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that AU Director for Social Affairs, Dr Olawale Maiyegun, and the U.S. ambassador to AU, Dr Reuben Brigety, …
China took last place in an aid transparency index listing 68 donors released on Wednesday, which said the majority of the world's donors were not sharing enough information about their activities. The Asian country took last place for the second year in a row in the index compiled by Publish …
The heaviest rainfall in living memory caused rivers to burst their banks and sweep away roads, bridges and homes, causing damage estimated at 1.5 billion euros ($1.88 billion). The cost means the Serbian economy is expected to contract in 2014, further complicating government efforts to rein in a budget deficit …
The majority of the world's rich donor nations failed to meet their development aid pledges in 2013 and only one third of the money went to the poorest countries, a report said on Monday. Aid by members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) rose 5.3 percent year-on-year to a …
In an open letter published in The Lancet, leading health experts urge European governments to 'mobilise all possible resources’ to assist West Africans in controlling the Ebola epidemic. The letter is signed by 44 prominent academics, clinicians, and health professionals from 15 European countries. They call for European countries to …
As world leaders meet in New York for yet another climate change summit, concerns over wild weather patterns disrupting food supplies are increasingly finding their way to the table. About 500 million farmers in South Asia and Africa need help developing "climate smart agriculture" by 2030 to brace themselves for …
India has provided Rs 44.48 million for building a five-kilometer blacktopped road in Sarlahi district. The Indian embassy in Kathmandu on Monday signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Department of Roads, Division Road Office, Janakpur, to this effect. The new assistance was …
The U.K. Green Investment Bank is in talks with the government to manage 200 million pounds ($340 million) of its international climate aid, Chief Executive Officer Shaun Kingsbury said in an interview. The bank and the government aim to reach agreement on a business plan “in the next few weeks” …
The government approved on Sunday an additional budget of NIS 42 million for environmental improvements in Beduin communities, to supplement the existing NIS 40m. budget already allocated for this purpose in July. Environmental Protection Minister Amir Peretz requested the funds in order to advanced waste treatment systems for the Beduin …
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday pledged loans and other economic aid worth $5.9 billion to Bangladesh over the next five years. Abe made the promise as he held talks with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina who arrived in Tokyo on Sunday, the foreign ministry said. Japan will provide …
Aid groups on Sunday rushed to help survivors of a landslide in northern Afghanistan that entombed a village, killing hundreds of people and leaving 700 families homeless in the mountains. Much of Aab Bareek village in Badakhshan province was swallowed on Friday by a fast-moving tide of mud and rock …
