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• 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

  • 24/04/2024

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• Cloud seeding: State orders another radar for N-K

  Enthused by the success of the cloud seeding project to get artificial rains, the State government has placed an order with the US-based Weather Modifications Inc., (WMI) to supply one more radar.

  • 11/12/2002

  • Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
  • • Environment

• Need for a Brahmaputra flood control authority

  Flood is an excess water condition reflected in the levels of water, resulting in discharges. Therefore flood-control interalia means water discharge control. Being a perennial eco-cycle of water,

  • 11/12/2002

  • Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
  • • Environment

• Environment conservation project for Bhimbiteka

  An environment conservation project for the area around the world heritage site Bhimbiteka in Madhya Pradesh has been sanctioned. Rajiv Gandhi mission for Watershed Management had sent a proposal for

  • 12/12/2002

  • Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
  • • Environment

• Pushing deadly technologies

  For years polluting technologies such as incinerators, which have been rejected in the North, have been pushed to developing countries. Due to serious health effects and public pressure, since the

  • 10/12/2002

  • Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
  • • Environment

• Air in the valley within respirable limit

  The quality of air at Putalisadak (Nepal) deteriorated rising up to an

  • 03/12/2002

  • • Environment

• Landslides create havoc in Kohima

  Over 100 houses, including school buildings and churches, were damaged since the last few days following landslides in many parts of Kohima in Nagaland triggered by heavy

  • 11/12/2002

  • Sentinel (Guwahati)
  • • Environment

• Centre keen on protecting coastal ecology: TR Baalu

  The Central Government is committed to protecting the coastal eco-system of the country and is considering giving the Environment Protection Act more teeth to give it enforcing as well as regulatory

  • 11/12/2002

  • New Indian Express (Chennai)
  • • Environment

• August exodus added to death toll in heatwave'

  The mass departure of French doctors and social workers for the traditional August holiday and administrative shortcomings within the health service contributed towards the deaths of more than 11000

  • 09/12/2002

  • Financial Times (London)
  • • Environment

• Reason to smile: This I-Day he gave JNU freedom from plastic

  A concerned JNU student has forced the authorities to throw plastic out of the campus. It took Sanjay Gupta a small styrofoam cup to bring about a revolution. JNU banned polybags and plastic

  • 18/12/2002

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Environment

• Bihar flood situation continues to be grim

  There was no let up in the flood situation in Bihar with the Ganga flowing above its all time high level at Kahalgaon and Bhagalpur and other major rivers also in spate as the death toll shot up to

  • 18/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Environment