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Bengaluru to host UN Global Compact Network India convention
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru [India], June 4 (Newsvoir): Global Compact Network India (GCNI), a local network of the United Nations Global Compact in New York, is holding its 13th National Convention on the theme of 'Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Blueprint for Action' here on June 8 at Hotel Shangri-
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Development of Jharkhand with the help of natural resources
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dumka (Jharkhand) [India], May 18 (ANI): There are some states in the country that are very rich in natural resources but in spite of this, the development of these states has not taken place on the scale which is expected.
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Four-day rural development program held in Telangana
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad, (Telangana) [India] May 8 (ANI): In order to strengthen the rural development policies, a four-day training programme on 'New Strategies in Rural Development and Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals' was organised in Hyderabad.
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'Starvation' is larger than the hunger index
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 10 (ANI): When the sustainable development goals (SDGs) were being formulated, Goal 2 was one goal on which all the leaders of the world were unanimous in their decision that hunger will be eliminated from the world by the year 2030.
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Human development and economic growth go hand in hand
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Rajasthan [India], Mar 18 (ANI): On January 1, 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit - officially came into force.
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Nepali PM asks for international community's support for development
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 19 (ANI): Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Monday asked the International community to help to make the new development goals a grand success.
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Nepal PM seeks global support for realisation of development goals
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb.19 (ANI): Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has appealed to foreign countries to help in making his government's new development goals a grand success.
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Cost of cross-border remittances still too high: InstaReM
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 30 (ANI): The Remittances Prices Worldwide's (RPW) update for December 2017 indicated that the costs of cross-border remittances are still a long way from the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target of a global average three percent to be reached
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Gwadar Port must conform to SDGs
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 29 (ANI): Socio-economic development efforts in Pakistan's port city Gwadar should conform not only to sustainable development goals, but also involve looking into possible future scenarios in order to future proof million dollar investments, a strategist has said.
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Worldview Education building a 'generation of solvers'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 25 (ANI-NewsVoir): "The SDGs mirror India's developmental goals"- said Prime Minister Narendra Modi before adding "We are committed to a sustainable path to prosperity; that is rooted in our culture" in his address to the United Nations General Assembly at
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1M1B only Indian NGO to partner with UNDPI this year
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): 1 Million for 1 Billion (1M1B) on Wednesday announced its affiliation with the United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI) and stressed that it will be the only Indian NGO to partner the Department this year for disseminating information about pri
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MoSPI, UN collaborate to harness potential of data for development
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 17 (ANI): Taking heed of the importance of outcome-based monitoring to track progress on national priorities and the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) and the United Nations in India announce
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