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António Guterres Warns of an “Unprecedented Wave of Hunger and Destitution”

June 9, 2022

Three months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine , the UN Secretary General denounced on Wednesday and said, “For those on the ground, every day brings new bloodshed and suffering. And for people around the world, the war is threatening to unleash

NGT Reduces Fine of ₹4.4 Crore to ₹15 Lakh for Jeans Dyeing Company

Tannuka Juneja

May 28, 2022

Law, Governance & Policy·News

The National Green Tribunal has revised the environmental compensation of Rs 4.4 crore imposed by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on a jeans dyeing factory in the Bawana Industrial Zone to Rs 15 lakh. The plant was fined in 2019 because

Over A Third of Countries Still Criminalise Same-Sex Relations: UN

Tannuka Juneja

May 18, 2022

News·Social Welfare & Development

According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), more than a third of all countries still criminalise same-sex relations. LGBTQI+ people are denied legal protections, essential health care, civil and human rights, including the right to bodily autonomy when forced to undergo

What’s The Length of An Ideal Work Week?

Jyoti Verma

May 17, 2022

Commentary

From July 1, the government of India may shift to a different working and wage style. The labour ministry is in the final leg of clubbing 44 central labour laws into four broad codes of wages, industrial relations, social security and occupation

China’s Zero COVID Policy is Unsustainable: WHO

Tannuka Juneja

May 11, 2022

Latest News·News

The “zero COVID” policy that Chinese authorities are applying in the face of the latest spike in cases is not sustainable given current knowledge about the coronavirus, said the director of the World Health Organization (WHO). “We believe that it is not sustainable if

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Hits Record April High, Fastest in 14 Years

Tannuka Juneja

May 7, 2022

Conservation & Sustainability·News

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon exceeded 1,000 square kilometres in April, the highest total since 2008 and roughly twice the level of April 2021, according to data released today by Brazil’s national space research institute INPE. The loss — which only accounts

Coronavirus Particles in Air Can Spread Infection, Confirms an Indian Study

TC Web Desk

May 4, 2022

Latest News·News

A joint study by a group of scientists from CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad and CSIR-IMTech, Chandigarh, with hospitals in Hyderabad and Mohali, has confirmed that the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus). The study is now published in the Journal of Aerosol Science. The scientists

India Falls Eight Spots to Rank 150 on World Press Freedom Index

TC Web Desk

May 4, 2022

Latest News·News

India’s ranking slipped eight spots to 150 in the 2022 edition of the World Press Freedom Index, published by the international organisation Reporters Without Borders or Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), on May 3, Tuesday. The index assesses the state of journalism in

Failed By The System, Forced Into Labour

Amitabh Srivastava

May 4, 2022

In Focus

Over the past two years, children around the world have been the hardest hit by the never-ending waves of the Covid-19 pandemic. On June 10, 2021, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) released a report

Matters of the Mind

Jasvinder Sidhu

May 4, 2022

Features

Pramod, 31, a factory worker in the Gurugram industrial area, lost his job as soon as the first 21-day lockdown was announced by the government, without any notice, in March 2020 to contain the spread of Covid-19. When the lockdown was announced

António Guterres Warns of an “Unprecedented Wave of Hunger and Destitution”

NGT Reduces Fine of ₹4.4 Crore to ₹15 Lakh for Jeans Dyeing Company

What’s The Length of An Ideal Work Week?

China’s Zero COVID Policy is Unsustainable: WHO

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest Hits Record April High, Fastest in 14 Years

Coronavirus Particles in Air Can Spread Infection, Confirms an Indian Study

India Falls Eight Spots to Rank 150 on World Press Freedom Index

Failed By The System, Forced Into Labour

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