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BBNJ Treaty Set To Curtail Freedom Of The Seas For Conserving Marine Diversity

December 30, 2023

World Affairs, International Trade and Policies

The recent adoption of the United Nations High Seas Treaty, also known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Treaty, appears to have driven another nail in the coffin of the freedom of the seas principle that originated in the colonial era.

India Faces A Looming Crisis Of Drinking Water

Kalyan Chatterjee

July 29, 2023

Environment & Sustainability

India’s growing urban population is heading for a severe drinking water crisis by 2050, according to a UN report released in New York in March this year. This alarming projection was revealed in the United Nations World Water Development Report (UNWWDR) for

Purnima Devi Barman Gets Champions Of The Earth Award

Girja Shankar Kaura

November 23, 2022

Conservation & Sustainability·News

India’s Dr. Purnima Devi Barman, a wildlife biologist, has been named to get the annual Champions of The Earth award which is the UN’s Highest Environmental Honor which celebrates ecosystem restoration. She has been honored in the Entrepreneurial Vision category. Barman leads

Last Reactor At Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Halts Operations

TC Web Desk

September 12, 2022

World Affairs, International Trade and Policies

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been completely shut down as a security measure, the state agency in charge of the plant, Energoatom, said. Unit No. 6 was disconnected from the grid at 3:41 a.m. local time on Sunday after the agency

US Planes With Relief Material Land In Pakistan’s Sindh Province

TC Web Desk

September 12, 2022

World Affairs, International Trade and Policies

Two more US military planes carrying tons of aid for Pakistan affected by heavy monsoon rains landed in the southern province of Sindh, one of the hardest-hit regions of the impoverished country, on Sunday. Saif Ullah, a spokesman for the country’s Civil

Rich Nation Pledges $25 BN To Help Africa Adapt To Climate Change

Tannuka Juneja

September 7, 2022

Conservation & Sustainability·News

Rich countries have said they will spend around $25 billion by 2025 to boost Africa’s efforts to adapt to climate change, officials said at a summit on the weather in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on Monday. The summit is the first to bring

UN Chief Antonio Guterres To Visit Flood-Hit Pakistan Next Week

TC Web Desk

September 1, 2022

World Affairs, International Trade and Policies

UN Chief Antonio Guterres will visit flood-affected Pakistan next week on a solidarity visit and see how the UN is working to support the government’s efforts to provide aid to millions of people affected by unprecedented flooding. The visit was announced as

UN Launches $160 Million Response Plan In Pakistan As Devastating Monsoons Continue

TC Web Desk

August 31, 2022

News·Social Welfare & Development

Following the devastating floods and landslides that are affecting more than 33 million people in Pakistan, the United Nations and the country’s government launched a response plan valued at more than 160 million dollars on Tuesday in Islamabad and Geneva. The figures

Any Potential Damage to Zaporizhzhia is Suicide: Guterres

Girja Shankar Kaura

August 19, 2022

World Affairs, International Trade and Policies

Sounding alarm bells, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said he is gravely concerned about fighting near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine. After meeting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Lviv on Thursday, Guterres warned, “Any

First Ukrainian Humanitarian Ship With 23,000 Tons Of Grains Leaves For Africa

TC Web Desk

August 17, 2022

News·Social Welfare & Development

The first sea shipment of Ukrainian wheat grain to be used for the World Food Programme’s humanitarian operations in Africa left the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi in the port city of Yuzhny on Tuesday. The departure of the ship is part of the

BBNJ Treaty Set To Curtail Freedom Of The Seas For Conserving Marine Diversity

India Faces A Looming Crisis Of Drinking Water

Purnima Devi Barman Gets Champions Of The Earth Award

Last Reactor At Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Halts Operations

US Planes With Relief Material Land In Pakistan’s Sindh Province

Rich Nation Pledges $25 BN To Help Africa Adapt To Climate Change

UN Chief Antonio Guterres To Visit Flood-Hit Pakistan Next Week

Any Potential Damage to Zaporizhzhia is Suicide: Guterres

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