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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India turns to Central Asia for glacier management
An Indo-Central Asian Republics glaciologists workshop, is said to have marked the first time that a security-sensitive government allowed foreign glaciologists in for possible official
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Industry closure fails to lower pollutants
Even after the closure of all polluting industries in Agra in compliance of the Supreme Court directive, the latest figures available from the Archaeological Survey of India of laboratory at the Taj
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Senator says documents show EPA cutting enforcement
Internal documents from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) show cuts in the number of agency employees who police anti-pollution efforts, a trend that could harm the health of Americans, a
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Impact of air pollution on humans, environment
What do Belgium's Meuse valley incident, Donora catastrophe, London smog and Bhopal gas tragedy have in common, besides leaving a trail of death? The causal agent for these incidents was the same air
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Shillong rocked
An earthquake of mild intensity rocked Shillong and its surrounding areas today, according to the Seismological Observatory Centre. The epicentre was located at a radius of 60 km from the Observatory
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Perils of vibration pollution
People exposed to high vibration levels may experience vision and balance disturbances and in most severe cases injuries to the body. Many countries already have specialised laws to control the
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Kamal Nath fined Rs 10 lakh for diverting river
Supreme Court rules that Span Motels Pvt Ltd, a resort owned by former Union environment minister Kamal Nath's family, would have to pay an exemplary damage of Rs 10 lakh for construction on the
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Preparing the right climate
India's support for Bush's brand new environmental policy came even before the US President announced his 'clear skies' policy on February 14. According to the MEA, India's commitment to the Kyoto
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Government to set up plant for leather complex
The West Bengal state government announced on Saturday that it will set up the common effluent treatment plant at the Calcutta Leather Complex on its
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PMC assures to desilt St Inez nullah
The Panjim Municipal Council (PMC) has assured the Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court that the council would take steps to clear the St Inez nullah of all the floating plastics and other material,