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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Three districts selected for UNDP-sponsored pilot scheme
Be alive to challenges: J.Radhakrishnan, Assistant Country Director and Head, Disaster Management, United Nations Development Programme, India, handing over the degree certificate to a student at the graduation day of SASTRA University in Kumbakonam on Sunday. KUMBAKONAM: Disaster management techniques is now broad based and schemes have been designed, taking into account prevention and mitigat
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UNDP-supported disaster management cell in city
City Corporation to prepare disaster management plan 18004256865 to be toll-free emergency number Quick-response teams to be set up Thiruvananthapuram: The City Corporation is set to play a major role in disaster management and urban risk reduction, under a project supported by the Central government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A disaster management cell will b
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Involve local communities to face climate change impacts: Dr Atiq
Eminent environmentalist Dr Atiq Rahman on Wednesday stressed the need for involving local communities to implement the adaptation programmes to face the adverse impacts of climate change. "Local governments as well as local community are two vital components for climate change adaptation," he said at a roundtable at Hotel Sheraton in the city this morning. United Nations Development Programme (
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Steel Ministry to take up more UNDP projects
NEW DELHI: Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday announced that the Steel Ministry proposed to take up more UNDP-sponsored projects for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in steel re-rolling mills. Addressing the national conference on
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For a potential-linked urban plan
EVER-increasing demand for skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers in urban areas, availability of basic amenities, societal behaviour change for urban life, high paid jobs in IT, manufacturing and service sector trigger largescale migration of people to urban centers. As per the 2001 Census, 42.58 million Indians live in nearly 3,700 urban centres in comparison to 60 million Indians in 1947.
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Sikh body vows to save environment
Chandigarh: A group of Sikhs living abroad have come up with what they call
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On the cards, a Human Development Report for MMR
The MMRDA is in the process of signing an MoU with the Regional Centre for Urban & Environmental Studies (RCUES) to prepare a Human Development Report on the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
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UNDP-funded survey exposes loopholes in quake-preparedness
On Tuesday, Uttarakhand's Governor, Margaret Alva flagged off trucks loaded with aid materials for victims of natural disasters while students of Welham Girls School pitched in with their bit; acts that definitely deserve appreciation. However, as one acknowledges the relief effort, thoughts dash to the looming possibility of a catastrophic earthquake that may ravage the State any time.
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Sustainable community-managed resources key to check land degradation
JODHPUR: To delve on various ways to control the land degradation of the Thar Desert, a two-day workshop was organised by the Jal Bhagirathi Foundation here on Thursday. The UNDP-supported project Sustainable Participatory Management of Natural Resources to Control Land Degradation in the Thar Desert Ecosystem' envisages development and implementation of an integrated planning and management st
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Disaster management plan for Tiruchi in three months
S.Ganesan Urban risk reduction programme funded by UNDP, Centre TIRUCHI: A disaster management plan for Tiruchi City would be prepared within the next three months under the Urban Risk Reduction Programme (URRP), a joint initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Union government. The plan would lay down the standard operating procedure for emergency response, d