COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker
<p>Most of the world’s nations are not doing enough to protect women and girls from the economic and social fallout being caused by the COVID-19 crisis, according to new data released today by UNDP
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Human Development Report highlights Maldives’ regional divide
The UNDP’s second Human Development Index (HDI) report for the Maldives urges stakeholders to address regional inequalities which remain a “major challenge” towards human development. The first sub-regional
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Master plan soon to make Puducherry a ‘solar city’
Three high-level committees, private consultancy giving shape to it The Puducherry landscape might soon be dotted with solar-powered households, government buildings and public lighting under a plan
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30pc brick kilns converted as deadline expires on June 30
Nearly 70 per cent brick kilns of the country are yet to adopt environment-friendly brick making technology to reduce pollution as the deadline for doing so expires on June 30. However, brick manufacturers
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Jaintia Hills chiefs to work with SPIKAP over forest protection
Dolloi Chiefs of Jaintia Hills agree to work with SPIKAP to implement GEF/ UNDP pilot project grant for protection of six Sacred Forests, as a pilot project and to also sensitise those incharge of the
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Apiculture training for villagers soon to conserve mangrove forests
The best quality honey is produced from Aegialitis rotundifolia and Cynometra ramiflora, according to the mangrove cell. In a bid to encourage locals to conserve mangrove forests, the Mangrove Cell
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UNDP to sponsor WII studies on turtles
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will sponsor studies on turtles by Wildlife Institute of India (WII) to track the movement, migration and habitat of this marine species in the ocean. For
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Nagaland Environmental NGO bags Natl Biodiversity Award
Kohima: The Joint Forest Management Committee (JFMC) of Old Jalukie village under Peren district has been selected for the India Biodiversity Award 2014 under the co-management category, official sources
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Urban poverty falls by 13pc in Bangladesh in four years
The visiting regional director of UNDP, Haol ang Xu, on a five-day visit, here, Tuesday, applauded Bangladesh’s efforts in cutting down urban poverty by 13 percent in the last four years. “Urban poverty
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UN panel nod for project to track marine turtles’ migratory patterns
Committee has approved a Rs 30-lakh proposal of Wildlife Institute of India to track turtles by attaching a Platform Terminal Transmitter. Where do marine turtle hatchlings spend the rest of their lives
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Urban poverty falls by 13pc in four years: UNDP
Visiting Regional Director of UNDP Haol ang Xu on Monday has applauded Bangladesh’s efforts in cutting down urban poverty by 13 percent in the last four years. “Urban poverty in seven major cities