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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WTO accedes to India's plea, panel set up to study EU move
In a significant move, the WTO has agreed to India's request for establishment of a panel to examine tariff concessions granted by European Union under its generalised system of preferences scheme
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Cold, poor, dying on the street
Since December 23, Delhi had reported five deaths from the cold. Till 9.44 pm yesterday. It was then that a call came on the wireless set at the Sushruta Trauma Centre's CATS control room. A man was
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Industries in 24 residential areas in Feb: Khurana
The BJP today said that the regularisation of industries in 24 residential areas would come about on February 3 when the Union Urban Development Ministry would notify changes in the Master Plan.
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Sewage connection must to get water supply: DJB
Delhi Jal Board has started issuing notices of thousands of residents of the Capital warning that their water supply would be disconnected if they do not install a sewage connection within a
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Rainfall this January best since 2001
The rains that lashed the Delhi city on Tuesday morning brought down the maximum temperatures to 19.1
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HAL digs up Rs 12-lakh saving from wastes
'Money for nothing' just about sums up what Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has achieved through waste minimisation efforts. In a two-year period, a pilot project on waste minimisation at the
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Porur lake turns into a fish cemetery again
The old ghosts of Porur lake have returned to haunt it. Nearly nine months ago, there were reports about massive fish mortality in the lake. Now, the situation has gone from bad to worse, residents
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Lending a voice
Farmers of Boodikote village on the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border who speak a dialect which is a mix of Kannada and Telugu had problems gathering information about the weather. Thanks to the
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Tamil Nadu Government gears up to tackle drought
The Tamil Nadu Government announced that it has decided to declare all the 28 districts except Chennai as drought affected to enable undertaking of comprehensive relief works. The state will approach
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Chennai hospitals to 'clean up' their act by Feb
Nearly four years after the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests mandated the setting up of a central waste treatment facility to deal with biomedical wastes, Chennai hospitals will finally fall