The state of the world’s human rights 2024
This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. States and armed groups
Environment
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Storm displaces 50 families in Sindhupalchok
A storm that swept in from the frontier Khasa are of Tiner has badly affected Tatopani and a neighbouring VDC in Sindhupalchol district (Nepal). The storm that lasted for around eight hours blew off
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L-G's concern over garbage
Expressing concern over the garbage problem and poor maintenance of the roads in the Capital, the Lieutenant-Governor, Vijai Kapoor, has asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to adopt a new system
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'Garbage men' manage Bangla waste
Friends mockingly called them "garbage men", but two award-winning young engineers from Bangladesh are having the last laugh thanks to their passion for waste. Maksud Sinha and Iftekhar Enayetullah
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In spite of court orders, Yamuna in Delhi dirty
Delhi's lifeline, river Yamuna, continues to be a dirty drain with coliforms rising to an alarming level of 11.8 crores per 100 ml of water as opposed to the permissible level of 5000 per 100 ml
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Six killed in cyclone
Six people were confirmed killed in Fiji when tropical Cyclone Ami tore through the South Pacific archipelago officials
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Pollutants' effects discussed
Students were explained about the harmful effects of various pollutants on the concluding day of the CSIR Programme on Youth for Leadership in Science (CPYLS) at the Industrial Toxicology Research
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Panel to study urban waste disposal sought
The 18th state convention of the INTUC-affiliated Kerala Municipal and Corporation Workers Congress (KMCWC) concluded here on Sunday. Fisheries and Tourism Minister K V Thomas inaugurated the
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Smokeless-Bhogi campaign pays off
Thanks to campaigning by the Government and NGOs, Bhogi, agrarian festival, was celebrated with less smoke. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, which inaugurated an intensified campaign a few
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Private firms to clean entire city
After a rethink over plans to privatise collection of garbage, the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) has now decided to introduce the new system in all the 12 zones. Earlier, the MCD had proposed to
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Disabled roped in to fight plastic problem
With the launching of 'Physically handicapped Exnora, Exnora International has roped in a section of the disabled community to lend support to their fight against plastics. The 300 member strong body