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
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
Three major US environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to curb global warming despite its growing impacts on human health and the environment. The move comes
In a recent directive to the State Governments and the Union Government, theThe NHRC is thus of the view that starvation constitutes a gross denial and violation of the fundamental right to be free
Honda Siel Power Products Ltd (HSPP), a joint venture between Honda Motors of Japan and Siel, has plans to launch LPG-run portable gensets in about two to three months, according to vice president
Rocks in Antarctica have provided the most direct evidence yet that parts of the ice sheet have been naturally melting for thousands of years. The research, published in Science, suggests that the
Guess how much 50 plastic carrybags, 8 by 12 inches in size and 20-microns thick weigh? The Union environment ministry has been waiting for an answer to this question to finalise rules for banning
At the end of the latest round of meetings of the agricultural negotiations committee of the WTO, the optimism that negotiators would meet the March 31 deadline for working out numerical targets,
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale shook a mountanious area of eastern Turkey on Monday, killing at least one person, officials said. At least six people
Jammu and Kashmir Kisan Tehrik has impressed upon central government to include J&K state in the list of drought hit states and demanded fuller utilisation of available water bodies and water shed
The Saligao Civic and Consumer Cell (SCCS) has gone to court challenging the use of the Saligao plateau as a garbage disposal site by the Mapusa Municipal Council and the Saligao Panchayat, Goa. The
"Thousands of square metres of ponds were polluted, killing tonnes of fish and shrimps ready for harvest," reported Nguyen Trng Lap, vice president of the People's Committee of Ward 28 in Binh Thanh