Human development report 2023/2024
After a drop in its Human Development Index (HDI) value in 2021 and following a flat trend over the past few years, India’s HDI value has increased to 0.644 in 2022, placing the country 134 out of 193
After a drop in its Human Development Index (HDI) value in 2021 and following a flat trend over the past few years, India’s HDI value has increased to 0.644 in 2022, placing the country 134 out of 193
environmental studies will now be compulsory for every undergraduate student in Delhi University (DU). The University Grants Commission (UGC) is introducing it as a mandatory six-month
Court s verdict on aircraft noise may amplify litigation
A 1,070-kilometre oil pipeline project in Chad and Cameroon is expected to fetch them us $2 billion and us $500 billion respectively, over the project's 25-year lifespan. However,
Environmental provisions find mention in a free trade agreement
The Lok Sabha passed Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Bill with complete amendments on August 9, 2001, twenty months after it was first moved in the Parliament. But experts are doubtful about the rights and protection that the bill seeks
The US punishes the UN for being voted out of two UN bodies
Everyone has the right to live in a pollution free environment says the United Nations
Resettlement and rehabilitation of persons displaced by land acquisitions must form a part of the Land Acquisition Act, says NHRC
A Union government proposal to amend the Fifth Schedule of the Indian constitution not only sidesteps an earlier SC order, but also threatens to deprive tribal people their land rights
The Supreme Court s decision, giving a go ahead to the Sardar Sarovar Project, has regenerated the debate.