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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EU plans tougher sanctions against marine polluters
The European Commission plans to introduce tougher sanctions against marine polluters as a reaction to last year's major oil slick off the Spanish coast, EU Commission President Romano Prodi said.
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No respite frpm cold wave, toll 616
Piercing cold wave continued to torment northern, eastern and central parts of the country as 45 more died taking the death toll to 616 as dense fog disrupted road, train and air traffic at several
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Orissa continues to shiver
Orissa's cold wave death toll shot upto four with reports of casualties coming in from the worst-hit Kandhmal district and its adjoining areas. However, officials refused to confirm any of the deaths
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PM pushes for development of Andaman and Nicobar
In a bid to spur the development of Andaman and Nicobar islands, the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, announced that an inter-island helicopter service would be launched soon with 90 per cent
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Pune Hills on a downward slope
If Pune was once called a pensioner's paradise, it was mostly because of its hills. No other major urban centre in the country has such abundance of them. Nestled in a basin of hills and greenery,
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Camphor Use: Soot Trouble in Temples
Camphor has always been burnt before deities in sanctum sanctorums as this is part of the ritual. Devotees are also known to arrive with quantities of camphor and with the request that it should all
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Chilla nullah water stopped from flowing into river
Activists of the Samaj Evam Paryavaram Vikas Sansthan undertook measures to stop the polluted water of Chilla nullah, in Allahabad, from flowing into the river Ganga. Chilla nullah is one of the big
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Down to earth : Worldwatch sees hope in community movements
Un abated pollution and the destruction of natural resources continue to threaten life on the planet so severely that humans have only one or two generations to rescue ourselves, warns the Worldwatch
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Central funds to check river bank erosion
The West Bengal government would ask the Centre to provide adequate funds to check erosion along the banks of major rivers in the state, chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee said. Addressing
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Government launches plan to combat drought
An innovative central programme has been launched in Orissa and Rajasthan to intervene in the drought. The programme, envisaged as a series of grain banks and generating employment through water