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22 diplomatic missions, Plan India Girl Changemakers turn spotlight on gir
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 12 (ANI): Plan India's Girl Changemakers from 10 states in India stepped into the roles of ambassadors and high commissioners from 22 diplomatic missions on Friday to mark the International Day of the Girl Child (IDG).
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'Indian education system completely against principle of sustainable devel
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 7 (ANI): A 21-year-old Madurai-based law aspirant, who recently addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council Social Forum (UNHRC) in Geneva, believes that the Indian education system is totally against the principle of sustainable development goals.
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World's 'First robot citizen' in India; talks about climate change, energy
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 5 (ANI): The world's first robot citizen 'Sophia' on Friday attended the International Round Square Conference in Indore, where it talked about climate change, conservation of energy and sustainable development.
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Modi at UNGA: PM recounts India's achievements in health sector, says coun
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 27 (ANI): Recounting his government's achievement in the healthcare sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the country is committed to eradicating Tuberculosis by 2025, while noting that the dateline is five years ahead of that set by the United Natio
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Infosys wins UN Global Climate Action Award for 'carbon neutral now' categ
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 27 (ANI): Digital services and consulting major Infosys has won the United Nations Global Climate Action Award in 'carbon neutral now' category, becoming the only Indian corporate to earn the recognition for its efforts to combat climate change.
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India is 'doing better' than many Western countries in achieving Paris Acc
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 25 (ANI): Asserting that there is an attitudinal shift in India on climate change, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that New Delhi is "doing better" than many of the western countries in achieving the Paris Accord's commitments.
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India to eradicate Tuberculosis by 2025: PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 23 (ANI): India has set the goal of eradicating the Tuberculosis by 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, noting that the dateline is five years ahead of that set by the United Nations under its sustainable development goals.
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World Bamboo Day celebrated in Imphal
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Sept 19 (ANI): The Bamboo Forum of India on Wednesday celebrated World Bamboo Day under the theme 'Bamboo for sustainable development goals' at Lamyanba Shanglen, Palace Compound here.
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Largest growth coming from the Asia-Pacific region: Piyush Goyal
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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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Dehradun: Javadekar bats for sustainable development at wildlife institute
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday emphasised on sustainable development while praising the conservation work done by the Wildlife Institute of India here.
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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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