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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Towards eco-friendly sanitation
When a few months ago, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee announced the proposalto link the country's big water crisis on the national agenda. Clearly, water resources are stretched beyond limits in
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GMCH blames PWD for rodent menace
The Superintendent of the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Dr B.K. Bora blamed the Public Works Department (PWD) and the attendants of patients for the unhygienic environment inside the
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Republicans in US adopt a greener & softer policy
Over the last six months, the Republican Party has subtly refocused its message on the environment, an issue that a party strategist called "the single biggest vulnerability for the Republicans and
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Capital plan jinx haunts Jogi again
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi's dream project of new capital has hit another roadblock. Union ministry of Environment and Forests has shot off a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi
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Concern over contamination of groundwater
Contamination of groundwater in India due to the rapid industrial growth and the release of heavy metals in the environment has become a cause of serious concern for the people and environmentalists
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Environment body
The environment and forests ministry is considering setting up a National Environment Authority and Regional Environmental Authorities. Minister of state for environment and forests Mr Dilip Singh
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Jas come sops to turn green
Finance minister Jaswant Singh has revealed concern for environmental concerns and sustainable development in Budge 2003-04. To support clean technologies, he has reduced the customs duty on
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Mobile judges for clean city
Thirty five mobile magistrates will start policing city roads and collecting fines on the spot from those found littering from March 15. The magistrates would have the power to impose fines ranging
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NGO forum on developing countries' concerns to meet in May
The Trade & Poverty Forum (TPF), a non-government forum of participants from the US, the European Union, India, Brazil, Japan and South Africa, formulated by the German Marshall Fund of the US last
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School is garbage dump
When six year old Meenu plays in her school's playground she has to be careful about pigs and waste. The MCD school runs from Garbage yard. As many as 700 children study in the school at New Gastsal