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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Local leaders help clean hospital
Members and employees of the Matugama Pradeshiya Sabha cleaned the strike-hit Matugama Hospital, where minor employees have been on strike for nearly two weeks. The team led by Chairman Palitha
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Scientific disposal of beach debris begins
The Karachi government (Pakistan) workers started the process of, what they called, 'biodegradation' of oil-soaked sand and debris collected from the Clifton beach in the wake of oil slick that hit
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Treatment plants for effluents not installed
A plan to install treatment plants for the effluents of the industrial units in Hattar to save the local population from their hazardous effects seems to be in doldrums due to red-tape and procedural
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High Court muffles loudspeakers in silence zones
In an order that could muffle high-decibel dandiya beats this Navratri, the Bombay High Court banned loudspeakers in the city's silence zones. Silence zones are the areas within 100 metres of courts,
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Monsoon Raga
The south-west monsoon is retreating from India after having showered plentiful rain on its parched countryside. The prospects are for a strong rebound in agricultural growth after last year's severe
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Refugee warning to global polluters
Countries such as Britain which are destroying the environment of poorer nations by contributing to global warming and using tropical hardwoods should be prepared to take a fair share of the refugees
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Polluted US 'ghost fleet' may be turned back-group
An environmental group said British authorities had warned U.S. officials a "ghost fleet" of old and polluted ships would be sent back to America if it sailed for an English scrapyard without
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Kanpur gets mega lab in a green' house
Arun Shourie's MPLADS fund of Rs 11.9 crore for the eco-friendly building of IIT, Kanpur, and the state-of-the-art equipment creates a cutting-edge biotech centre in bio-engineering and the building
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Ministry keen to set up fly ash training institute
The Union Ministry for Urban Development is willing to support the setting up of a national training institute for promoting the utilisation of fly ash and rice husk ash and create trained manpower.
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Drought: Andhra seeks Rs 996 cr Central aid
Projecting a grim picture of drought in AP Chief Minister, N Chandrababu Naidu sought Rs 996 crore Central assistance and 17 lakh tonnes of rice to tide over the situation. Naidu said his government