भारत में रह रहे दुनिया के 28 फीसदी गरीब: मानव विकास सूचकांक 2019

यूूएनडीपी के वार्षिक मानव विकास सूचकांक के मुताबिक, भारत में 2005 से 2015 के दौरान लगभग 27.1 करोड़ लोग गरीब रेखा से बाहर निकल ...

India home to 28% of world’s poor: Human Development Index 2019

While the country has lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2005 and 2015, it still accounts for a large number of the world’s &…

3,000 crocodiles born in Bhitarkanika National Park

Forest officers saw 103 nests of saltwater crocodiles this breeding season

Every third child in the world is poor: UN

Children are more prone to poverty than adults across the world

Climate change can trip small island states enroute SDGs: UN

These nations emit just a per cent to total greenhouse gas, but are most vulnerable to climate change

UN Environment Assembly: Livestock 'fart' is back in focus

An advance note of UNEP’s executive director lists meat consumption as an unmanageable threat to global warming  

Human development index: India climbs one spot to 130

Rising economic inequalities and wide gender gap don’t let India achieve a faster ascent among 189 countries

Zika could cost Latin America, Caribbean countries $18 billion by 2018

In some countries, the total cost of Zika could exceed two per cent of their GDP

First white paper for holistic flood preparation in the works

Paper will be the outcome of a workshop organised recently to deliberate on India’s flood preparedness

The new rise of Nauru: can the island bounce back from its mining boom and bust?

As the island aims to develop sustainably, there are signs of the green shoots of recovery

Thirty Million, a documentary on Bangladesh and that sinking feeling

This documentary by Daniel Price and Adrien Taylor explores the adverse impact of climate change on Bangladesh' landscape, food security and …

African nations pledge to protect Congo basin forests

The project aims to slow down illegal logging and burning of forests that are vital to indigenous people

India ranked 135 in Human Development Report 2014

UNDP report says human development is improving worldwide, but the rate of improvement has slowed

UNDP administrator pushes for forest protection for sustainable development at Davos

‘Commodity production without deforestation a win-win situation’

Ebola-hit countries to get additional US $5 billion for speedy recovery

Amount pledged at two-day global Ebola meet in New York

Twenty-six countries commit US $560 million for UN development work

India pledges $9.28 million

‘Disasters like Ebola threaten Africa’s progress towards MDGs’

Report launched at the ninth African Economic Conference says the continent made headway in human development but its continuation is threatened …

Why Periyar reserve is India's best-managed protected area

Sanjayan Kumar, deputy director of Periyar Tiger Reserve, speaks to Tiasa Adhya on the place being awarded the best managed protected area in India

Booked for arms

UNDP's Human Development Report has become a bone of contention for 2 Indian ministries

PROJECT FOR FARMERS

Summing up poverty

The latest Human Development Report highlights the need for people- and resource-friendly development

More or less equal

God made all humans equal, but some are more equal than others when it comes to consuming the world's resources

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