In an order delivered on World Disability Day, apex court issues a slew of directions to UPSC to safeguard rights of candidates belonging to PwD category.
While PM2.5 levels saw a clear improvement between 2018 & 2022, they have stabilised at a high-level with no reduction signs since 2021-22 onwards, CSE analysis mentions.
Report by the Centre for Science and Environment calls for creating an industrial waste inventory & provides guidelines for classifying 'green' products to ensure a circular economy.
NCAP focuses only on PM10 reduction, and 64% of all funds are used for dust control measures, finds CSE; recommends green municipal bonds and transparency in SVS ranking criteria.
Over-400 page report, released Thursday, highlights effect of changing climate on livestock, seasonal variations, and potential to decarbonise sectors such as aviation & steel.
India announced many ambitious goals to ramp up renewable energy capacity and cut emissions at Glasgow COP26. These need to be submitted to UNFCCC in writing.
India’s net-zero emissions by 2070 target made headlines, but experts are more interested in the shorter term goals for 2030, and the impact they might have.
CSE study says pollution boards in A&N Islands and Manipur are among the worst performers on transparency, while Telangana & Odisha have registered better performance.
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Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
I have seen how in a lot of countries there are people who do sign language translations when someone of a status of a CM or PM in those countries address the nation or journalists. I don’t see that in our country where we definitely have a lot of deaf people just because of our population size. I mean only in 2020 we recognized the Indian sign language (the so called “progressive left – Congress didn’t care about it huh ?)
I have never seen that in our country. Most of our footpaths (the ones which are not encroached or in bad conditions) are very unfriendly towards people using wheelchairs.
Our country is very unfriendly towards physically abled people. Now I have seen NGOs and some initiatives from the government but clearly we are very behind because we have still not made the basics accessible to such groups. NGOs can help but can’t build the infrastructure. That’s the job of the government.
I have seen how in a lot of countries there are people who do sign language translations when someone of a status of a CM or PM in those countries address the nation or journalists. I don’t see that in our country where we definitely have a lot of deaf people just because of our population size. I mean only in 2020 we recognized the Indian sign language (the so called “progressive left – Congress didn’t care about it huh ?)
I have never seen that in our country. Most of our footpaths (the ones which are not encroached or in bad conditions) are very unfriendly towards people using wheelchairs.
Our country is very unfriendly towards physically abled people. Now I have seen NGOs and some initiatives from the government but clearly we are very behind because we have still not made the basics accessible to such groups. NGOs can help but can’t build the infrastructure. That’s the job of the government.