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Asia Pacific Adopts Regional Road Map To Accelerate SDGS
Asia-Pacific countries have adopted a road map for regional cooperation on implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD 2017) that concluded in Bangkok recently.
The road map lays out priority...
Cabinet Approved Ratification Of ILO Conventions. What Would This Mean For Our Children?
The Union Cabinet on Friday took long pending steps to strengthen laws against child labour. It approved ratification of the Minimum Age Convention, 1973...
Achieving Water Security in India: Towards Innovative Solutions
An ‘Open Situation Room’ on ‘Water Security in India: Towards Innovative Solutions’, as part of the ‘Humanitarian Diplomacy Lab’ event was held by Vestyn...
Centre To Accommodate 165 Pediatric Cancer Patients Opened In Mumbai
Three buildings in Mumbai have been allocated to accommodate 165 pediatric cancer patients and their families who come from outstation to Mumbai for treatment.
The...
One In Every 10 people in Asia-Pacific Region Live Under Poverty: Report
About 400 million or one in ten people in Asia and the Pacific are living under poverty due to widening income inequality, according to a...
Philanthropy Figures Drop In 2016; Average Age Rises To 65 years
Founder and Chairman of HCL Ltd, Shiv Nadar (71) emerged as the ‘Most generous Indian’ with donation of Rs 630 crore towards education, according...
Lit Up By Solar Power 2 Years Ago, Barmer Village Back To Darkness
A village in Barmer district of Rajasthan, lit up by solar lights about two years ago when an oil company set up a solar...
400 companies spend Rs 5,857 crore in 2 years towards CSR
Nearly 400 companies together shelled out about Rs 5,857 crore towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in two years, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.
Under the Companies Act, 2013, a certain class of...
World Environment Conference: Govt Argues For Sustainable Development
The government argued for a plan for sustainable development, balancing the need to protect the environment and continued growth at the third World Conference...
We Are Not Missing, Just Stolen: Sex Trafficked Survivor
It is estimated that there are 20 million commercial sex workers in India, and around 80% of these, i.e. 16 million women, are victims of sex trafficking. This...
Tata Trusts and People For Animals To Launch State-Of-Art Veterinary Hospital
Tata Trusts, the philanthropic arm of the Tata group in partnership with People For Animals, announced their collaboration to build a state-of-the-art, multi-specialty veterinary...
This World TB Day, Additional Diagnosis Infrastructure in Gurgaon
The Gurgaon state government’s efforts to move towards a ‘TB free India’ got a shot in the arm with the installation of Cartridge Based...