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15 Nov 2024

Why India Needs To Move Towards Sustainable Construction, Expert Explains

Traditional cement production is a major contributor to CO2 emissions, accounting for approximately 8% of global emissions.

18 Sep 2024

Promote Healthy Diets, Physical Activity To Tackle Rising Obesity: WHO

The World Health Organization urges countries to strengthen policies promoting healthy diets and physical activity to combat rising overweight, obesity, and noncommunicable diseases.

23 May 2023

Tescon Green's Plan I: A Game-Changing Commercial Project

Tescon Green, a renowned real estate developer, recently introduced its newest commercial project, Plan I, at a grand event called the Summer Brunch.

11 May 2023

Microsoft Helped Over 3 Lakh Indians Get Water Access In 2022

Microsoft helped provide 3,09,921 people in India with water access last year.

09 Oct 2022

Know why Punjab farmers are now choosing these alternatives to stubble burning

A handful of farmers in Punjab have started disposing of crop residue in sustainable ways They either use it as natural fertiliser or sell it for fuel production In Badarpur village, 70 per cent of farmers have already stopped burning paddy stubble

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

04 Mar 2022

India can become global hub of green hydrogen, says PM Modi

Modi said that it is India's clear vision that sustainable growth is possible only with sustainable energy sources. He added that India needs to further modernise its sugar mills and distilleries.

03 Mar 2022

PM Modi to address webinar on 'Energy for sustainable growth' tomorrow

The opening plenary session of the webinar will be addressed by PM Modi The objective is to brainstorm with experts

22 Sep 2021

Pop stars BTS speak about green challenges at United Nations General Assembly

Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook are BTS members Their followers are called 'army'

social activist

23 Oct 2020

Social activist Shreyash Kumar steps in the field of sustainable development

Shreyash is the member of the International organisation for sustainable development (IOSD), Washington, USA.

09 Aug 2019

Indian firm develops test to detect drug-resistant TB mutation

The breakthrough DNA test will enable a doctor to correctly prescribe the most effective drug to a TB patient without a time-consuming trial and error process.

31 Jul 2019

Tiger population growth 'good sign' for meeting UN goals

On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the nation's tiger population had reached 2,967.

11 Jul 2019

World not doing enough about climate change: UN

The natural environment is deteriorating at an alarming rate: sea levels are rising; ocean acidification is accelerating; the last four years have been the warmest on record; one million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction, and land degradation continues unchecked.

07 Jun 2019

UN chief praises India's commitment to South: South cooperation

The Fund was established in June 2017 to work with developing countries by providing assistance to projects that aim to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as per their request. It is a dedicated facility within the UN Fund for South-South Cooperation.

Ministry of Mines

28 Mar 2016

Govt to rate mines based on sustainable development practices

Ministry of Mines has proposed a rating system for mining leases in a bid to ensure that firms follow sustainable development practices, which includes addressing social impact of resettlement and rehabilitation, among others.

Sumitra Mahajan

30 Jan 2016

'India all for sustainability but developed world must do its bit'

Mahajan said schemes like Make in India, Skill India and Digital India would give the country a leg-up in achieving the sustainable development goals.

16 Nov 2015

BRICS call on G20 to work harder on economic policy cooperation

Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, who met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in the Turkish town of Antalya, said global economic recovery was not yet sustainable.

02 Nov 2015

DNA: Has India met the Millennium Development Goals?

UN Climate Change Conference

20 Oct 2015

Developing countries' voices being stifled in climate change debate: India

India, like other developing countries, has been under intense pressure from developed countries and non-governmental orgainisations to cut its greenhouse gas emissions .

Narendra Modi in Silicon Valley

27 Sep 2015

PM Modi in Silicon Valley: As it happened on day one

'Digital India' is an enterprise to transform India in a scale unmatched anywhere in the world and it has the potential to make development truly inclusive, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while speaking about his ambitious Digital India initiative before a gathering of Silicon Valley CEOs.

26 Sep 2015

G4 countries make strong pitch for change in UNSC, says 'we are legitimate candidates for membership'

India, Japan, Germany and Brazil on Saturday declared themselves as "legitimate" candidates for permanent membership of the UNSC as they pushed for its reform in a "fixed timeframe", with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the task should be accomplished immediately.

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