Global Gender Gap Report 2024
<p>The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and
Finland
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Environmental burden of disease in Europe: Assessing nine risk factors in six countries
Environmental health effects vary considerably with regard to their severity, type of disease, and duration. Integrated measures of population health, such as environmental burden of disease (EBD), are
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Finnish government aid on sanitation sector
The Finnish government is set to flow financial assistance of Rs 150 million to improve water and sanitation sector in Myagdi. An agreement was signed on Monday with District Development Committee, Myagdi
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Finland pledges Rs 1.85 b for rural water, sanitation project
The Finland government has agreed to provide a grant assistance of Rs 1.85 billion to the government for the implementation of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Western Nepal (RWSSP WNII).
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Quantifying beetle-mediated effects on gas fluxes from dung pats
Agriculture is one of the largest contributors of the anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) responsible for global warming. Measurements of gas fluxes from dung pats suggest that dung is a source of GHGs,
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Donor pockets 80 pc of grant assistance provided to Nepal for forest resources assessment
Around 80 percent of the Rs 500 million grant assistance the Government of Finland had provided to Nepal for a project entitled ‘Forest Resources Assesment in Nepal’ has reverted back to Finland because
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Germany's secret bid to kill ban on bee-harming pesticides
One of the notable details of Monday's landmark ruling to ban the use of some neonicotinoid pesticides across the European Union was Germany's vote in favour. Germany hosts chemical giant Bayer, which
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Eight member states breach EU air quality rules: data
Fewer European countries could face fines for breaching air pollution limits after recession slowed industrial activity and limits on sulfur emissions kicked in. Eight EU states, including France and
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Finnish islands case could determine EU green power rules
The Aland archipelago, part-way between Finland and Sweden, is the wind-swept setting for a legal spat over green energy subsidies with implications for the European Union as a whole. Europe's highest
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Arctic needs protection from resource rush as ice melts, says UN
The Arctic needs to be better protected from a rush for natural resources as melting ice makes mineral and energy exploration easier, the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said. The UNEP
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Arctic needs protection from resource rush as ice melts: U.N. body
The Arctic needs to be better protected from a rush for natural resources as melting ice makes mineral and energy exploration easier, the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said. The UNEP