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Prime Minister Launches Developmental Projects, Schemes Worth ₹2095 Crore for Varanasi

December 23, 2021

Environment·News·Social Welfare & Development

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced projects and schemes worth over ₹2,095 crore for Varanasi, including a biogas-based electricity generation plant, rural residential rights record, projects comprising a doctors’ hostel, a nurses’ hostel and a shelter home, an inter-university centre for teachers

Greenwashing Numbers

Vivian Fernandes

March 4, 2022

Environment·Features

The biannual India State of Forest Report 2021 (ISFR), released on January 13, proclaims heart-warming tidings that the country’s forest or tree cover has increased by 1,540 sq km since the last survey in 2019. But environmental experts say this is green

Nagaland Gives One-Time Age Relaxation for Entry into Government Service

TC Web Desk

March 1, 2022

Environment·Latest News·News

The Government of Nagaland on Monday announced a one-time age relaxation for entry into government service, following a cabinet decision taken on February 22, 2022. This relaxation has been given due to the COVID-19 pandemic and disruption in recruitment activities on account

Airbnb To Offer Housing to 1,00,000 Ukrainian Refugees: CEO Brian Chesky

TC Web Desk

March 1, 2022

Environment·Latest News·News

Home rental company Airbnb is offering free short-term housing for up to 1,00,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing the country due to the Russian invasion. In his tweet, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said, “Airbnb and Airbnb.org are working with our Hosts to house up

Formal Employment Important for Social Justice: UN

TC Web Desk

February 20, 2022

Environment·Latest News·News

Observed every year on February 20, the World Day of Social Justice acknowledges the need to promote social justice, including issues of poverty, gender inequality, unemployment and human rights. The theme for World Justice Day 2022 is ‘Achieving Social Justice through Formal

Prime Minister Launches Asia’s Biggest Bio-CNG Plant in Indore

TC Web Desk

February 19, 2022

Environment·Latest News·News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated Asia’s biggest Bio-CNG plant, the Gobar-Dhan plant, in Indore on Saturday. The Prime Minister informed that in coming two years, Gober-Dhan Bio-CNG plants will be established in 75 major municipal bodies. “This campaign will go a

UN Condemns Impunity Around Journalists’ Killing in Bangladesh

Tannuka Juneja

February 14, 2022

Environment

United Nations’ right experts have condemned the delay in justice in the killing of two journalists a decade ago in Bangladesh. The five UN Special Rapporteurs in a statement said, the delay is due to the “an appalling and pervasive culture of

Atal Pension Yojana Subscriber Base Crosses 71 Lakh till January

TC Web Desk

February 10, 2022

Environment·Latest News·News

Subscribers under the Centre-administered Atal Pension Yojana (APY) have crossed 71 lakh as of January 24, 2022, Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. The government had launched the Atal Pension Yojana in

Unemployment Led to More Than 3,000 Suicides in 2020: Nityanand Rai

TC Web Desk

February 10, 2022

Environment·Latest News·News

The first pandemic year, 2020, saw the highest number of suicides, 3,548, among the unemployed, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, informed Minister of State (Home) Nityanand Rai in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The total

Khadi’s Employment Drive Transforms Sunderbans’ Bali Island

TC Web Desk and Vivek Mukherji

February 10, 2022

Environment·Latest News·News

Chairman KVIC Vinai Kumar Saxena has inaugurated the newly built 3000 sq feet work shed and a 500 sq feet common facility centre for Khadi artisans at the Bali island. The Tiger Victim Khadi Katai Kendra is now equipped with 125 new

End Shameful Leprosy Discrimination in Law: UN Rights Expert

Jyoti Verma

January 29, 2022

Environment·Latest News·News

Ahead of World Leprosy Day on 30 January, the independent UN expert on human rights and leprosy Alice Cruz called for an end to more than 100 laws globally that discriminate against people affected by the condition, saying it was shameful that

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Greenwashing Numbers

Nagaland Gives One-Time Age Relaxation for Entry into Government Service

Airbnb To Offer Housing to 1,00,000 Ukrainian Refugees: CEO Brian Chesky

Formal Employment Important for Social Justice: UN

Prime Minister Launches Asia’s Biggest Bio-CNG Plant in Indore

UN Condemns Impunity Around Journalists’ Killing in Bangladesh

Atal Pension Yojana Subscriber Base Crosses 71 Lakh till January

Unemployment Led to More Than 3,000 Suicides in 2020: Nityanand Rai

Khadi’s Employment Drive Transforms Sunderbans’ Bali Island

End Shameful Leprosy Discrimination in Law: UN Rights Expert

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