Global gender gap report 2023
The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival,
Politics
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UN PLc
Will multinational corporations take over the UN?
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Killing the Musi river
the Musi river flowing through Andhra Pradesh will soon disappear due to the state government's Nandanvanam project. The government is planning to utilise the dry river bed of Musi for various
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Corporate farming
Pakistan s proposal to allow multinationals into its agriculture sector may be bad news for the environment
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Plastic leaders
Delhi politicians have always tried to scuttle moves to end the polythene bag menace
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For clean air
Vikrams are out, electric vehicles are in. Still, the Nepal government s decision to import minibuses could put their clean air campaign back to square one
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Seeking Reliance
The Andhra Pradesh government is giving forests that sustain tribal communities to the Reliance group of industries for plantations. That, too, with the help of joint forest management institutions. The reason may be more than fund crunch
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INDUNDATED by excuses
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sponsored blight?
Another monsoon. The season of suffering in India s flood plains. And of blaming upstream people for floods. Is there an end to this
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Skin deep Hinduism
Desperate Hindu extremists are making a mockery of the real problems that the river Ganga faces
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Veerappan is popular...
...among local villagers because he involves them in sandalwood smuggling and shares the benefits