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K'taka, Tamil Nadu record highest TB cases, Sikkim lowest
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Notwithstanding developing new modalities for diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, thousands of people are still falling prey to this infectious disease, which adversely affects human lungs, and leading to death if not properly treated.
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'Be a Jagrik - Samvidhan LIVE, live the SDGs'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (NewsVoir): ComMutiny - The Youth Collective has launched a unique public initiative for young people - Be a Jagrik - Samvidhan LIVE.Live the SDGs across 14 states with 32 partners. This initiative brings together two 'frameworks' - The Constitution of India and Sus
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Maldives seeks India's assistance to pay off Chinese debt
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Faced with an acute budgetary deficit due to mounting foreign debts, the new government in the Maldives, led by President Abdulla Solih, is looking to India for financial support to help the island nation achieve its development goals. It has announce
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UNESCO MGIEP launched International Youth Campaign on Kindness
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 04 (ANI/Newsvoir): The global launch of UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development's (MGIEP) campaign witnessed mass participation from youth in four countries - South Africa, India, Pakistan and Mexico, where UNESCO MGIEP's I
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Centre's schemes will help India achieve SDG before time: Swaraj
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 29 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj expressed confidence that India will fulfill the Sustained Development Goals (SDG) well ahead of the stipulated deadlines, backed by the slew of measures announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government.
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Sushma likely to focus on terrorism, climate change, SDG at UNGA
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 29 (ANI): Terrorism, climate change, reforms in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are some of the issues that External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj is likely to touch upon during her speech at the 73rd United Natio
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Bill and Melinda Gates co-host Goalkeepers 2018 in New York City
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 27 (NewsVoir): United States: Bill and Melinda Gates, co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, co-hosted the second annual Goalkeepers events on September 25 and 26 to highlight the remarkable progress toward the reduction of extreme poverty, and the need to acce
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NITI Aayog, CII join hands for sustainable development
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 08 (ANI): The NITI Aayog and the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) on Wednesday announced a partnership to work towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the country.
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Swachh Bharat could help avert over 3L deaths: WHO
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): If India remains committed to achieving 100 per cent coverage in terms of safe sanitation services by October 2019, as many as 3,00,000 deaths caused due to diarrheal disease and protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) since the country launched the Swachh Bharat Mi
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Ocean life in crisis
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The fifth World Ocean Conference was held in Riviera Maya, Mexico, and South America from March 7 to March 9, 2018.
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The magnitude of neonatal mortality
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 19 (ANI): The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as the Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.
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GCNI outlines sustainable development goals for India
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 8 (NewsVoir): Global Compact Network India (GCNI), a local arm of the United Nations Global Compact, New York held its 13th edition of its annual flagship event in Bengaluru on Friday.
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