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The magnitude of neonatal mortality
Updated : 7 years, 8 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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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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WHO plans to eliminate industrially-produced trans-fatty acids
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 15 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday released REPLACE, a step-by-step guide for the elimination of industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from the global food supply.
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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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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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Don't let me be born a girl in my next birth
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): "Padh likh kar kya karoge? Tum paraya dhan ho" (What is the use of educating you? Your future belongs to someone else) is a statement you will come across in every second home in rural India. This statement is very often used by parents in reference to th
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