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
The smouldering debris from the World Trade Centre in New York acted like a
The Inter-American Development Bank this week approved financing of the controversial Camisea gas project in Peru's Amazon rainforest. The Bush administration has been criticised by green groups for
The EU environment committee has approved proposals to reduce emissions from rail stock and canal boats, adding to current legislation on emissions from tractors, cranes and bulldozers. Nitrogen
Lahore (Pakistan) Solid Waste Management Commission (LSWMC) submitted its interim report regarding arrangements for disposal of solid waste before Lahore High Court. The report was submitted through
The European Commission has awarded
Major earthquakes simultaneously hitting areas in the Pacific off central to western Japan could kill as many as 28,300 people, a government panel of experts studying quake disasters said. The panel
Animals at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo are now getting much of their daily bread, literally, along with tofu sediment and several kinds of fish, courtesy of food producers looking for a cheap disposal route for
The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has mooted a proposal to
Two villages in Karnataka, one common problem. While the people of Murugoda in Belgaum have erected a statue to invoke the rain gods, the villagers of Belageri in Hubli district have desilted the
Lightning and collapsing houses killed 21 people in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, in the heavy rains marking the end of this year's near-record monsoon season, the state government's