The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
The legislative council for the welfare of the women and children will strongly recommend the government to implement the financial aid recommended by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to the endosulfan victims and also the families of those who died due to the deadly pesticide, said the council's chairman …
Industrial Units Suspected To Be Pouring Poisonous Chemicals Into Drains, Rivers A Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) monitoring team caught three tankers carrying a hazardous chemical — Spent Acid — for illegal disposal near Gujcomasol on Vatva-Narol road. Even after strict directions from GPCB to not dispose more than 3,000MGL …
The Environment Friendly Local Governance Framework 2013 that was approved by the Nepal Cabinet recently is being implemented in all local bodies from the current fiscal year. Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Nepal State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. …
Thousands of residents at Hazaribagh in the city are facing severe sufferings due to unhygienic environment because of hundreds of toxic chemical shops there. The chemicals, imported from Germany, Spain, Hong Kong, Italy, China, Argentina and Brazil, are used for processing of rawhides, this correspondent was informed while visiting the …
A ground-breaking, legally-binding global treaty on reducing mercury pollution has been signed by 92 countries. The treaty spells "the beginning of the end of mercury as a threat to human health and the environment", UN Environment Programme (UNEP) executive director Achim Steiner, told a diplomatic meeting in Japan earlier this …
The government plans to introduce safety rating system for chemical plants in India will minimises accidents and increase productivity, if implemented in right spirit Chemical industry involves handling of hazardous substances, which if not handled as per prescribed guidelines can lead to disaster. While there are many regulations (pertaining to …
The amount of lead used in paints by Nepali companies is mostly unsafe and poses a serious threat to children’s health, according to a recently launched report. The report published by the Centre for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED) claims that most Nepali companies including some renowned brands are …
Banke district has been declared diclofenac free district aiming to preserve vulture, which is considered to be a nature sweeper. Vulture often dies while consuming carcass of the animals treated with the use of anti-inflammatory drug, diclofenac, so its use for the treatment of animals is banned in the district, …
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (MoSTE) is devising a legal provision to set a level of lead content in paints to address the health hazards resulting from excessive use of the metal. Speaking at a programme organised to mark the “International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action,” Senior …
About six lakh children are found to develop some kind of intellectual disability every year because of exposure to the heavy metal lead. The highest burden of deaths caused by lead exposure is in developing countries, with the global death toll standing at 1, 43,000. This is what led the …
Enforcement Of Norms Is Poor, Say Activists Diwali this year may be deafening, as tests reveal that most crackers available in the market are way noisier beyond permitted levels. On Monday, NGO Awaaz Foundation along with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) conducted aseries of tests on various firecrackers bought …
The Minamata Convention on Mercury was adopted on Thursday, 10 October 2013 at 11:11 am in Kumamoto, Japan, following decades of increased awareness regarding the toxicity of mercury and mercury-related compounds. The journey started in the seaside town of Minamata, Japan, where scientists identified in 1956 a long-term discharge of …
A petition has been moved before the Kerala High Court Registrar for an early posting and hearing of a writ petition seeking rehabilitation, treatment, and welfare of endosulfan victims. The case is pending before the Bench headed by Chief Justice Manjula Chellur. In his petition, Kaleeswaram Raj, counsel for the …
A U.N. conference adopted a treaty on mercury control Thursday near the site of Japan’s worst industrial poisoning, as Tokyo pledged $2 billion to help poorer nations combat pollution. Delegates from some 140 countries and territories will formally sign the world’s first legally binding treaty on the highly toxic metal, …
On Monday, 7 October 2013, delegates convened in Kumamoto, Japan, for the intergovernmental preparatory meeting in preparation for the signing of the Minamata Convention on Mercury at the Diplomatic Conference to be held on 10 and 11 October.
The importation of second hand air conditioners and refrigerators will be prohibited shortly to prevent ozone depleting substances entering the country, National Ozone Unit (NOU) Director G.M.J.K. Gunawardena said. He was addressing a media workshop organised by the NOU of the Environment and Renewable Energy Ministry in Kanneliya parallel to …
The proposals of the Montreal Protocol to phase out ozone depleting substances have been implemented with greater success in Sri Lanka, Environment and Renewable Energy Minister Susil Premajayantha said. He said disposing of refrigerators and air conditioners that release ozone depleting substances including Hydro Chloro Fluoro Carbon (HCFC) is in …
Concerned over serious public health and environmental impacts of mercury pollution, Nepal is likely to be a signatory country to the Minamato Convention on Mercury, a legally binding treaty agreed by the world to prevent emissions and releases. The UN Minamato Convention on Mercury came into effect from January this …
Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) will soon lose its ‘Green’ rating, when the Treasury introduces the `Green Procurement System’. However, the country is not geared to go for Light-emitting diode (LED) soon due to the cost factor, says policy advocacy head Hemantha Withanage. Executive Director of the Centre for Environment Justice …
Kochi: Thyroid cases in men and women are on the rise and the cause is not iodine deficiency but apparently environmental pesticides -- if a study on the subject is any indication to go by. Thyroid diabetes combined with diabetes and obesity are common problems in Kerala and majority of …
