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Ericsson to support WFP in Odisha
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Ericsson on Thursday announced support to the World Food Programme (WFP) Trust for India for developing customised Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) solutions in Odisha.
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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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India makes groundbreaking reduction in MMR, says WHO
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): India has made groundbreaking progress in reducing maternal mortality ratio (MMR), from 556 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 130 per 100000 live births in 2016.
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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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Panasonic unveils its Off-grid Solutions Project
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Osaka [Japan], April 23 (ANI): Panasonic Corporation on Monday announced the launch of a project for people living in off-grid areas that combine educational activities to promote understanding of electricity and provision of the company's related products.
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Reduce inequalities to resolve India's environment challenges: Experts
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 10 (NewsVoir): Echoing the global concern and concluding a high-level conference titled "Reducing Inequalities in India by 2030: Challenges and Way Forward in Implementing SDG 10", key note speakers and panelists highlighted that economic equality is key to solving env
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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 : 8 years 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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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, 2 months 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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MoSPI, UN collaborate to harness potential of data for development
Updated : 8 years, 3 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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