Development

Deserting Ghulam Nabi Azad, 17 leaders rejoin Congress

Deserting Ghulam Nabi Azad, 17 leaders rejoin Congress

January 6, 2023

Over half a dozen senior leaders, including former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Tara Chand rejoined the Congress at a function on Friday morning at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters in New Delhi. Besides Chand, the other prominent leaders who retu...

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‘Landmark’ deal to save biodiversity reached at COP15 in Montreal

‘Landmark’ deal to save biodiversity reached at COP15 in Montreal

December 19, 2022

In a rare development, a global gathering on protecting biodiversity has concluded on time and with an ambitious agreement in place. After over two weeks of heated discussions and debates, representatives of about 190 countries from around the world agreed on a historic package ...

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World’s first mass produced ceramic bowl reveals early culinary habits

World’s first mass produced ceramic bowl reveals early culinary habits

November 19, 2022

A new research report published in The Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports tries to unveil the food habits that prevailed in the earliest urban societies of the humankind. The world’s first urban state societies developed in Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, about 5500 years...

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Indian Smart Cities and urban planning drowns under repeated floods

Indian Smart Cities and urban planning drowns under repeated floods

August 9, 2021

India has been undergoing rapid urbanisation as millions of people continue to migrate to the nearest city in search of better opportunities. This has already pushed the ratio of urban population higher in the country. Studies estimate that between now and 2030, another 500 milli...

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UNSDGs: Sustainable development remains a goal too far

UNSDGs: Sustainable development remains a goal too far

July 13, 2021

In many ways it was heartening to see that the G7 Summit 2021, held in the United Kingdom on June 11-13, delved in detail on topics beyond business, trade, investment, strategy and power. For once, it took up issues that concern people and their well-being – health, poverty, ed...

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A Bright Spot of International Cooperation

A Bright Spot of International Cooperation

May 31, 2018

The International Solar Alliance (ISA), an international partnership for promotion of solar power in the world, is essentially an Indo-French initiative and its first summit was held in New Delhi in March 2018 on the occasion of the state visit by the French President, reinforcin...

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NGO Series: The Rising People Welfare Society

NGO Series: The Rising People Welfare Society

January 3, 2017

In an effort to contribute to the society, a movement by young people taking ownership of the institutionalised children in the community led to the formation of ‘The Rising People Welfare Society’, an NGO in New Delhi that helps provide education and healthcare to Delhi's ma...

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Indian government initiates a new push to skill development

Indian government initiates a new push to skill development

December 20, 2016

As India prepares to take the mantle of skilled manpower sphere, aiming to provide the world with competent personnel, Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has introduced a set of new initiatives to boost skill development in the country.

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Paris Climate Agreement comes into force

Paris Climate Agreement comes into force

November 5, 2016

After rolling ratifications of the Paris Climate Agreement by nations, the accord finally entered into a legal force on November 4, thus binding the governments, who have agreed to control the global temperature rise, to adhere to their promised contributions

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MSF calls for caution ahead of RCEP negotiations in China

MSF calls for caution ahead of RCEP negotiations in China

October 14, 2016

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders have called the negotiating countries for upcoming Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement to reject terms that could potentially harm access to medicines for its citizens.

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Civil society meets before BRICS 2016 in India

Civil society meets before BRICS 2016 in India

October 14, 2016

With the BRICS Summit commencing in Goa, India, civil society members from the BRICS countries engaged in discussions over the perceived shortcomings and failures of institutionalised spaces in dealing with global challenges.

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Metropolis MD Ameera Shah speaks on building a healthcare empire

Metropolis MD Ameera Shah speaks on building a healthcare empire

October 12, 2016

The healthcare sector in India has seen many challenges but private sector initiatives are gradually making a determined progress by providing quality diagnostic centres and services across the country and beyond.

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