Coronavirus update: 7 cases in Palestinian territories

Paris marathon postponed, US Congress allocates $8.3 billion for research, UK records first death, South Africa records first case

Global heating to put 600 million Indians at ‘greatest future risk’: Study

Nearly a billion people could be protected from dangerous heat if countries manage to contain global heating to 1.5C, the threshold of the Paris …

‘PESTICIDES’ IN DRUGS

Sharad Pawar’s provision for protecting test data in the Pesticides Bill could spill over into trade agreements and hit the drugs industry, too

Unholy smoke!

Inclusion of intellectual property in bilateral investment agreements is injurious to the health of developing nations

Predatory EU pacts

EU is pushing India and Canada to sign free trade agreements that will hurt their generic drugs—and the outrage is global

Gatt's new avatar is a demon

An extraordinary session of the US Congress meets in December to approve the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade amidst fears that its new …

India, Japan to sign carbon emissions reduction deal

Bilateral agreement that will help Japan earn carbon credits from India likely to be signed when Modi visits Japan next month

UN climate chief urges scaling up support for climate action in developing countries

'Climate agreement to be signed in 2015 must meet adaptation needs of vulnerable communities'

महेश्वर विद्युत परियोजना के सभी समझौते रद्द

मध्य प्रदेश मंत्रिमंडल ने स्वीकृति दी, नर्मदा बचाओ आंदोलन के अंतर्गत समझौतों को रद्द करने के लिए इस परियोजना से विस्थापित होने वाले 61 ...

Water sharing with Bangladesh: It may still be too early to talk about Teesta river

Bangladesh PM brings up Teesta during agreement for Kushiyara river; Expert says clarity on water volume still lacking   

क्या भारत में रह पाएंगे अफ्रीका से आने वाले चीते, अगस्त में आने की संभावना

अब देश के लिए अगली चुनौती यह तय करना है कि ये जानवर भारत की नई जलवायु परिस्थितियों में जीवित रह सकें और ढल ...

How trade regulations may be opening up a new era of sustainable growth in the Global South

Trade agreements reduce frictions in trade, and lower the amount of time required to solve trade disputes

India finally gives in on TRIPS waiver

The WTO agreement on a limited patents waiver merely restates exemptions already available under existing rules

COVID-19: India’s erratic CFR makes it difficult to calculate toll over 2 years. Experts suggest alternatives

No agreement on exact number of deaths, even though it is certain that India’s CFR is one of the highest in the world

What is the global treaty on plastic pollution?

This treaty will serve as a framework for an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a legally binding agreement mandating countries …

175 countries commit to forge internationally binding treaty on plastic pollution by 2024

The resolution establishes an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to complete a draft global legally binding agreement by the end of 2024

Poorer countries must be compensated for climate damage. But how exactly do we crunch the numbers?

Most nations signed up to an agreement to establish a so-called loss and damage fund last year

वैश्विक प्लास्टिक समझौता: कहीं ढोंग तो नहीं कर रहे हैं ज्यादातर देश

प्रस्तावित वैश्विक प्लास्टिक समझौते पर पहले दौर की वार्ता को प्लास्टिक इंडस्ट्री ने हाईजैक कर लिया, क्योंकि संबंधित देश निजी हित के ऊपर नहीं ...

COP27: Sameh Shoukry urges countries to reinforce UNFCCC credibility as talks drag on

EU links loss and damage with mitigation goal; said no agreement is better than a poor agreement  

COVID-19 vaccine: WTO chief brushes aside TRIPS waiver

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala offers ‘third way’ to bridge the COVID vaccine shortfall based on more licensing agreements

Unfair trade barriers will hinder climate consensus

Carbon border agreements are in many ways modern instruments of imperialism that punish developing nations for making slower progress towards …

RCEP, the world’s biggest trade deal, has been signed; but what exactly is it?

The final text confers no special rights on foreign corporations to sue governments through what are known as Investor-State Dispute Settlement …

Chalk, cheese and climate change: What Trump and Biden think about the environment

While Democrat Biden has a balanced outlook, Republican Trump’s perspective is simply not in agreement with the global climate movement

फ्री ट्रेड एग्रीमेंट: कृषि व उद्योग क्षेत्र को तैयार किए बिना नहीं मिलेगी सफलता

फ्री ट्रेड एग्रीमेंट यानी मुक्त व्यापार समझौतों को लेकर तब तक बात करनी बेमानी है, जब तक सरकार देश के कृषि व उद्योग क्षेत्र ...

फ्री ट्रेड एग्रीमेंट: क्या करे भारत सरकार कि विदेशों में बढ़े कारोबार?

यदि भारत ने एक महत्वपूर्ण क्षेत्र के साथ इस तरह के व्यापक मुक्त व्यापार समझौते के लिए मना कर दिया है, तो इसमें एक ...