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UN's sustainable development goals are mission impossibleThere are still many countries across the globe which are not even near in gaining universal access to modern energy services.- With under-5 mortality down, India set to achieve its MDGIn 2014, India averted 1.26 lakh more deaths among children under-five years of age, according to data which are part of sample registratio...
- India trails on two targets under Millennium Development GoalsMDGs are international development goals that United Nations member states and numerous international organisations, including India, have ...
- Niti Aayog mulling to hire communication officer to drive outreach strategyNITI Aayog requires the services of a communications professional to support communications efforts around generating awareness.
- 20% of world’s under-5 deaths occur in IndiaThe under-five mortality rate (U5MR) in India is about seven times higher than in high-income countries where 1 in 147 is dying.
- India needs to generate new health system modelsIndia's success in saving children's lives so far, means that it has surpassed the UN's ambitious Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on chil...
- Lok Sabha sees discussion on Millennium Development GoalParticipating in a debate on Sustainable Development Goal, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (BJP) highlighted the need for protecting and conservin...
- 'India unlikely to meet all Millennium Development Goals'While the country has met targets in areas like poverty reduction, and is close to meeting those for literacy rate, it is unlikely to do so...
- India has achieved 5 of 12 targets under MDGs: GovernmentIndia has already achieved 5 of the 12 target under UN's Millennium Development Goals and is close to achieving four more by 2015, the Parl...
- India may not fully achieve Millennium Development Goals: GovtThe government today said the country may not fully achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ratified by the United Nations.
- India's poverty will fall from 51% to 22% by 2015: UN reportAs many as 320 million people in India and China are expected to come out of extreme poverty in the next four years, while India's poverty ...
- Asian Development Bank lent $17.51 billion in 2010ADB has approved $17.51 bn in financing operations last year to assist developing member countries achieve goals.
- MBA sarpanch Chhavi Rajawat dazzles at UN meetRajawat is India's youngest and the only MBA to become a village head. She quit her senior management position with Airtel to serve her bel...
- Rural poor & poverty eradicationPoverty cannot be viewed merely as a set of indicators, as a one-dimensional phenomenon.
- India's development report card shows fuzzy prioritiesToo little allocated for poverty eradication, too little spent, lag in targets.
- Johnson & Johnson giving $200 million for health of women, kidsHealth giant Johnson & Johnson is donating about $200 million in cash and medicine to a sweeping United Nations program created to improve ...
- Mukesh Ambani on key UN group on developmentMukesh Ambani has been named by the UN to a key advocacy group on millennium development goals. Its mandate includes fighting poverty, redu...
- Tata Steel ensures displaced families at Kalinganagar achieve MDGThere is something to cheer about for the families displaced by the Tata Steel Project at Kalinganagar.
- Fragile recovery puts development goals at risk: G8The leaders of the world's richest nations warned Saturday the global recovery was still fragile and the economic crisis had compromised de...
- $US 16bn pledged for Millennium Development GoalsGovernments, civil society and business groups have pledged an estimated USD 16 bn in new commitments to help attain the Millennium Develop...
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