Nasscom Foundation presents TechForGood India Conclave 2024 to lead tech-powered action plan for SDGsThe SDGs pose significant challenges while presenting unparalleled opportunities for businesses, governments, and communities in India and ...
05 Jan, 2024, 02.10 PM IST
World is off-track on two-thirds of SDG 8 indicators: ILOAn ILO analysis of the Sustainable Development Goal 8 shows that no progress has been made on its indicators over the last eight years and ...
15 Sep, 2023, 09.07 PM IST
India showing mirror to world today: Lok Sabha Speaker Om BirlaWhen India adopted parliamentary democracy post independence many countries doubted the country's potential, but today it is showing the mi...
10 Jun, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
G20 meet in Mumbai to focus on least developed, island nationsThe G20 Development Working Group (DWG) meeting to be held in Mumbai under Indian presidency between December 13-16 will discuss developmen...
11 Dec, 2022, 11.51 PM IST
Over 20 private universities, HEIs sign pact to strengthen India's net zero commitmentAmong the signatories of the declaration are several prominent universities including O P Jindal Global University, Alliance University, II...
17 Mar, 2022, 03.05 PM IST
Localisation of SDGs imperative to achieve 2030 Agenda: India at UNTirumurti said that breaking down goals and implementation to sub-national and local levels is the only way to succeed in achieving SDG tar...
09 Jul, 2021, 09.42 AM IST
ReNew Power CMD Sumant Sinha recognised as SDG Pioneers by UNGCSumant Sinha of ReNew Power was recognised as an SDG Pioneer of the year, a company statement said. As the leader of India's leading renewa...
17 Jun, 2021, 01.38 PM IST
India slips two spots to rank 117 on 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted as 2030 agenda: ReportIndia ranks below four South Asian countries -- Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, it said. The overall SDG score of India is 61.9 ou...
06 Jun, 2021, 02.28 PM IST
View: Indian connection in UN leadership in China; opportunity for collaborationAppointments of such senior UN appointments in any country particularly China calls for a lot of negotiations, and the appointment of Siddh...
18 Dec, 2020, 03.58 PM IST
India needs to enhance its spending by 6.2 per cent of GDP until 2030: Niti AayogIn its second voluntary national review at the United Nations high-level political forum (HLPF) on sustainable development, 2020, the gover...
13 Jul, 2020, 11.56 PM IST
India needs 6.2% additional spending of GDP to achieve 2030 development goals: NITI“The ways and means for this additional financing needs to be identified. At the same time, it is crucial to make sure that the budget allo...
13 Jul, 2020, 02.01 PM IST
Actress Dia Mirza, Alibaba chief among 17 new 'SDG Advocates' of UNFounder and Executive Chairman of Chinese multinational conglomerate Alibaba Group Jack Ma has been an SDG Advocate since 2016.
10 May, 2019, 01.46 PM IST
View: Interim Budget is all about balancing short-term needs & long-term visionThe recent budget is a masterful effort to connect India’s longterm socio-economic vision.
04 Feb, 2019, 12.07 PM IST
Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu lead performers in Niti's SDG indexThe index took into account 13 out of 17 goals specified by United Nation's as SDGs and left out four goals because of lack of data at the ...
21 Dec, 2018, 07.24 PM IST
More funding needed from OECD to achieve SDG4 goals: Prakash JavadekarOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 35 member countries, most o...
03 Nov, 2017, 03.12 PM IST
Which minister will reply to debate on Sustainable Development Goals, ask Opposition MPsVenogopal was joined by Veerappa Moily and Bhartruhari Mahtab in cornering the government over "lack of seriousness" on an important issue ...
03 Aug, 2016, 04.55 PM IST
Ensure resources to developing nations on climate change: India"The present double counting of climate finance with Official Development Assistance (ODA) is a matter of concern," Narang said.
10 Feb, 2015, 12.37 PM IST