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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VP secretaries instructed to undertake drive against plastics
As per the civic bodies, the panchayats in Salcete in Goa are now bracing up to undertake a drive against plastic bags sold in the markets. At a meeting convened by the Block Development Officer,
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70pc TMA areas without planned sewerage system
About 70 per cent residential areas under the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) (Pakistan) have no planned sewerage system, a survey conducted by the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has
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Kyrgyz officials fear radioactive spills
Environmental officials in Kyrgyzstan are warning that a spate of landslides threatens to contaminate large parts of the Fergana Valley with radioactive waste. Killer landslides could spread
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UK emissions scheme sees 7mln T CO2 change hands
The first year of the voluntary UK emissions trading scheme saw around 900 companies exchange rights to emit over seven million tonnes worth of carbon dioxide, according to government figures
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US to announce biotech trade case vs EU - source
The Bush administration will announce it intends to file a World Trade Organization complaint protesting the EU's 5-year-old moratorium on approvals of new biotech foods and medicines, a
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Garbage, garbage everywhere
The ever-expanding western area of Ahmedabad may boast of multiplexes, swanky apartments and plush bungalows. But amidst all these lies heaps and heaps of garbage carelessly dumped on the ground all
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Kerala's tribals will get forest land
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has buckled to the sheer perseverance displayed by Kerala Chief Minister A K Antony and agreed to part with 12,000 acres of forest land in Wayanad for the
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News punch
Kolkata could go under water in the next 100 years, warns an environmental scientist. V Subramanian says the eastern Indian metropolis could be submerged in the Bay of Bengal if the sea continues to
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Centre convenes meeting to discuss drought on May 28
The Centre has convened a meeting of the agriculture ministers of 18 states at the end of this month to prepare contingency plans well in advance for a possible drought. "It will be a stock taking
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'We need to be climate-friendly'
All over the world, architects use computers to generate climate-friendly building designs. The HSBC building in Hong Kong and that of the Lloyd's building in London are great examples.