Experts back OTC access to NRT across all formats and dosages, including 2 mg and 4 mg, as India struggles with a Tobacco quit success rate under 5%The report highlights the significant economic burden of tobacco use, particularly among low-income households, and underscores how reducin...
08 May, 2026, 06.48 PM IST
India enters top 100 in UN's global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) rankings for first timeIndia has achieved a spot in the top 100 countries for Sustainable Development Goal progress. The UN report ranks India at 99th. This is a ...
24 Jun, 2025, 12.07 PM IST
Proud of its SDG localisation model, India says it has fully integrated SDGs into national development strategiesIndia's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Yojna Patel, highlighted India's full integration of the Sustainable Developm...
09 Jul, 2024, 07.54 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
India likely to achieve SDG goals for reduction in newborn deaths: Top WHO official"India has taken important steps to improve the quality of care during labour and childbirth, leading to reductions in maternal deaths. Thi...
16 May, 2023, 01.11 PM IST
India likely to miss 2030 deadline for over half of health SDGs: Lancet studyAn international team of researchers found that over 75 per cent Indian districts are off target for crucial SDG indicators like access to ...
27 Feb, 2023, 01.52 PM IST
India way ahead of any income group country in reaching Sustainable Development Goals. Here's a lookWhile India is also lagging behind on SDG targets, it is still an outlier as far as performance on the 2030 targets is concerned. With the ...
17 Jun, 2022, 12.54 AM IST
First Person from India Recognised as a Global Sustainable Development Goal Pioneer for Water Stewardship by UNGCTheir work spans various areas from climate mitigation and adaptation to circular economy and digital transformation. Ramkrishna Mukkavilli...
07 Jun, 2022, 01.05 PM IST
Shimla, Coimbatore, Chandigarh top Niti Aayog's 1st SDG Urban India Index; Dhanbad, Meerut at bottomOther toppers in SDG Urban Index and Dashboard 2021-22 are Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Panaji, Pune, Tiruchirapalli, Ahmedabad and Nagpur.
23 Nov, 2021, 06.30 PM IST
NITI Aayog launches SDG Urban IndexThe NITI Aayog Index developed in collaboration with GIZ and BMZ under the umbrella of Indo-German Development Cooperation ranks 56 urban a...
23 Nov, 2021, 04.08 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
Odisha's SDG performance increased by 10 points: GovernmentThe state ranked Number-1 in SDG-13 relating to action on combating climate change and its impacts. The state also ranked No-1 in SDG-14 re...
22 Jun, 2021, 11.12 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
Sustainable Development Goals(SDG) Investor Map launched by UNDP and Invest IndiaDue to Covid-19, the SDG financing gap has widened by an estimated $400 billion in developing countries, adding to the pre-COVID shortfall ...
24 Nov, 2020, 09.43 AM 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
India witnessing gender disparities against backdrop of rapid economic growth: Gender indexNew Delhi, Oct 1 () India still witnesses gender disparities against the backdrop of rapid economic growth even as the rate of violence aga...
01 Oct, 2018, 07.06 PM IST