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Largest growth coming from the Asia-Pacific region: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 17 (ANI): Minister of Commerce Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that the largest growth is coming from the Asia-Pacific and the countries of this region also face challenges which are "quite common".
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India willing to partner in South-South cooperation, says Akbaruddin
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 14 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin, on Friday (local time) said that India is willing to partner with other countries of the global South for South-South Cooperation (SSC) that offers unique ways to accelerate the worl
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122 countries have made land degradation neutrality national target: Javad
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Sept 2 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Monday that 122 countries including India, Brazil, China, Nigeria, Russia and South Africa have agreed to make the sustainable development goal of achieving land degradation neutra
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305 million African children will be living in acute poverty by 2030: Repo
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 1 (ANI): Around 55 per cent or 305 million of the world's children living in poverty (on less than 1.90 dollars per day) will be in Africa by 2030, claimed an August 2019 report by British think tank Overseas Development Institute (ODI).
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India offers $100 mn financial aid to Benin during President Kovind's stat
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Porto-Novo [Benin], July 30 (ANI): India on Monday offered concessional financial assistance of USD 100 million to Benin with an aim to help the West African country meet its Sustainable Development Goals.
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Punjab: Cabinet gives in-principle approval for 4-year strategic action pl
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 24 (ANI): The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday gave in-principle approval for a Four-Year Strategic Action Plan (4SAP) - 2019 to 2023, to set Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the departments of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Water Supply and Sanitation, Pu
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Subir Raha Memorial Lecture: Dr Kirit Parikh pitches for Sustainable Devel
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Padma Bhushan Dr Kirit Parikh on Saturday made a pitch for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in his keynote address at the 9th Subir Raha Memorial Lecture jointly organised by Global Compact Network India (GCNI) and ONGC at ONGC Corporate office
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India's SDG index scores ranges between 42 and 69: Economic Survey
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled in the Parliament on Thursday said India's Sustainable Development Goal Index score ranges between 42 and 69 for its various states and Union Territories.
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Multi pronged strategy adopted by Centre to combat child labour: Heeralal
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): On World Day against Child Labour, the Ministry of Labour and Employment and V.V. Giri National Labour Institute in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation, New Delhi organised a 'Technical Consultation on Evolving Strategies to achieve the
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CM Amarinder Singh approves Sustainable Developments Goals
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India] Jun 6 (ANI) The Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday sanctioned the formulation of an action plan to set Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Sustainability - a way of life at Dalmia Bharat Group
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 5(ANI/BusinessWire India): Sustainability has always been a way of life at Dalmia Bharat Group, and the company is globally ranked No 1 by CDP for business readiness to a low carbon transition. Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited has adopted the Sustainable Development Goal
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Pioneering Solutions for India: 14th National Convention of Global Compact
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 1 (ANI/ NewsVoir): Aiming to highlight issues related to solutions at Business Inc in India, Global Compact Network India - the local arm of UN Global Compact, New York organized its 14th edition of National Convention today at Grand Hyatt, Santa Cruz, Mumb
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