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Fuel subsidies may top $1 trillion: UNThe UNDP analysis - which looked at data from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the International Energy Agency - found t...- Airbus delivered around 72 aircraft in September, sources sayAirbus's aircraft deliveries in September were reported to be around 72, close to last year's total of 73. Industry experts had estimated d...
- Developing countries hit by overlapping crises, UNDP chief warnsRising energy costs and El Nino conditions are challenging developing countries facing financial distress. Governments are struggling to ma...
- The Himalayas look unchanged from below, but something is happening high in the mountains — Nepal’s disaster offers a frightening clueA recent disaster in Nepal highlights growing instability in the warming Himalayas. Massive rock and ice collapses unleash destructive floo...
- Himalayas face severe glacial flood risks in years ahead, UN official warnsAn official from the United Nations has sounded the alarm regarding the alarming prospect of severe glacial floods in the Himalayas. These ...
- Centre speeds up work on early warning systems for 188 Himalayan lakesIndia is enhancing efforts to establish early warning systems for 188 critical lakes. These lakes in the Indian Himalayan Region are vulner...
- 42 glacial lakes in Nepal at high risk of bursting: ExpertsNepal faces a critical threat from its glacial lakes. Experts have identified 42 lakes at high risk of bursting. Such an event could lead t...
- EAM Jaishankar condoles death of Micronesia Secretary of Foreign AffairsIndia's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressed sorrow over the passing of Lorin S Robert, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Microne...
- Brazil offers free cruise cabins as poorer nations struggle for rooms at COP30With COP30 just a week away, dozens of countries still lack accommodation in Belem, where hotel rates have soared. Brazil is now offering f...
- UNDP survey reveals rise in CO2 level in certain places in Patna much above global averageThe Bihar State Pollution Control Board reports alarming CO2 levels in Patna, exceeding global averages, with some areas recording up to 95...
- Serious debt crisis unfolding across developing countries - UNDPIn a new report, the UNDP estimated that 54 countries, accounting for more than half of the world’s poorest people, now needed immediate de...
- In a bad year for all, India middles ItChipping away at persistent blights to development places India in the middle of a list of nations in its immediate neighbourhood. However,...
- Delhi most vulnerable UT in India’s first disaster risk index, Maharashtra leads statesThe index factors in exposure of population, agriculture and livestock and environmental risk in drawing up the rankings.
- 11 political parties in Nagaland to boycott assembly pollsThe decision to the effect came after the meeting of the Core Committee of Nagaland Tribal Hohos and Civil Organisations (CCNTHCO) with var...
- International meet calls for setting up EWS stations across Himalayas"Mountains have not received due recognition in global and national development agenda," David Molden said.
- UNDP development report biased: IndiaThe government has taken exception to the 'biases' in the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Asia Pacific Human Development repo...
- 15% of Sunderbans will be submerged: UNDP reportAn estimated 15% of the Sunderbans delta will go under the sea by 2020, the UN Development Programme has warned.
- Siachen has receded 800 m in 20 years: UN officialSiachen Glacier in Ladakh has receded by about 800 m in the last 20 years and is facing threat of climate change caused by military activit...
- Kosovo faces economic challenge after independenceA jubilant Kosovo prepares to declare independence Sunday but it will face an uphill task to be economically viable after the celebrations ...
- World's poor not benefiting from globalisation: UNWarning that growing inequalities within and between the nations at a time of widespread economic growth could be dangerous, a top United N...
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