What India’s overtaking of China's population means in 5 chartsIndia’s population remains largely rural, unlike China’s. Even as both countries are seeing workers migrate to megacities seeking better pr...
19 Jan, 2023, 01.22 PM IST
Must consider environmental dimension of justice now: President Droupadi Murmu"I wonder what would the animals and trees around us tell us if they could speak. What would our rivers say about human history and what wo...
10 Dec, 2022, 04.24 PM IST
2020 saw environment bounce back to its glory, even if temporarilyAccording to the Central Pollution Control Board, there was a significant improvement in air quality during lockdown (from March 22 to May ...
01 Jan, 2021, 04.20 PM IST
View: Nature has to be central in the post-Covid economyThe current pandemic has made evident the extent of global interconnectness between our economies, health, environments and, more broadly, ...
18 Jul, 2020, 12.03 AM IST
India to host key meet on conservation of migratory species of wild animalsThe thirteenth meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) being hosted by India is the ...
17 Feb, 2020, 11.32 AM IST
Visaka receives global IEC certification for ATUM PV modulesATUM, which the company claims as the world’s first integrated solar roof, has passed the stringent solar PV module tests prescribed under ...
24 Jan, 2020, 08.46 AM IST
Antonio Guterres says he highly appreciates India's support to his UN reform proposalOn the first day of his visit to India, the Secretary-General will formally open the new UN House in New Delhi.
01 Oct, 2018, 12.06 PM IST
Mahatma Gandhi's message of communal harmony and tolerance remains as relevant as ever: Antonio Guterres, UN chiefHe said India has a special role to play in the global effort for democratisation and the elimination of extreme poverty and hunger around ...
30 Sep, 2018, 01.25 PM IST
UN chief Antonio Guterres to visit India in OctoberThe UN chief will also be participating in the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention the same day as well as the fourth annive...
22 Sep, 2018, 11.48 AM IST
Can't allow our seas to turn into zones of contention: IndiaThe rapid economic growth across oceans is proof that the world's economic engines are purring to a new tune in the 21st century. We must t...
09 Jun, 2017, 01.52 PM IST
Election to UN-Habitat is recognition of India's efforts: Venkaiah NaiduUN-Habitat is an organ of the United Nations promoting sustainable human settlements across the globe.
13 May, 2017, 04.24 PM IST
UN Chief names Indian for urban development panelSheela Patel, a Padmashree awardee, is Founder and Director of the SPARC and a global expert on urban poverty alleviation and advocacy for ...
13 Apr, 2017, 03.03 PM IST
CAG Shashi Kant Sharma signs 27 audit reports at UN's Board of Auditors sessionSharma also met Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet of the United Nations and discussed the present status of the auditing work of the UN and ...
24 Jul, 2015, 05.06 PM IST
India elected to four key subsidiary bodies of UN ECOSOCIndia was elected by acclamation, a form of election that does not use a ballot, to the subsidiary bodies of the UN Economic and Social Cou...
09 Apr, 2015, 02.00 PM IST