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
Speakers at a discussion meeting on
Russia's economy ministry said last week that the Kyoto Protocol would not harm Russian interests and that ratification of the landmark environmental pact was a political question awaiting a nod from
An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit western Turkey, causing panic but no injuries or deaths, the state-run Anatolian news agency said. At least eight aftershocks measuring up to 4.9
After the runaway success of Paris's first artificial beach last year, this month the French capital will dump three tonnes of sand on the banks of the Seine, turning a busy thoroughfare into a
A national policy has been drawn up for the improvement of air quality in Sri Lanka. The policy planning division of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has already purchased two gas
A drive has been launched to make a 400 year old church plastic bag free by involving school children and authorities. The church, built by the Portuguese, is frequented by tourists and picnickers
The task force on drought situation headed by Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, has decided to allot additional foodgrains to drought affected states and continue transporting fodder and water by
Seventeen people, including three women, were killed and 50 houses flattened in Mirik block of West Bengal's Darjeeling district in landslides triggered by incessant rains. The landslides, the worst
The vandalism of the centuries-old, eco-fragile rocks at Billanakote near Tumkur, along the Bangalore-Pune national highway, has taken a new turn. To escape legal penalties, almost all the accused
Diarrhoea caused by flood-tainted water killed seven children in Bangladesh, raising the death toll to 89 from a monsoon deluge that has hit more than 1.5 million people. Monsoon-fed floods have