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NITI Aayog, CII join hands for sustainable development
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 08 (ANI): The NITI Aayog and the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) on Wednesday announced a partnership to work towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the country.
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Swachh Bharat could help avert over 3L deaths: WHO
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): If India remains committed to achieving 100 per cent coverage in terms of safe sanitation services by October 2019, as many as 3,00,000 deaths caused due to diarrheal disease and protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) since the country launched the Swachh Bharat Mi
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Efforts towards increasing income of poor in Jharkhand
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Dumka (Jharkhand) [India], July 19 (ANI): There are still many states in the country that are behind the average rate of growth and whose GDP is significantly below the projected target. Jharkhand figures prominently in this category.
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Venkaiah Naidu pitches for women empowerment
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has said that empowerment of women is central to achieve the objective of inclusive, equitable and sustainable development.
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Ocean life in crisis
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The fifth World Ocean Conference was held in Riviera Maya, Mexico, and South America from March 7 to March 9, 2018.
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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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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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Cabinet apprises India-Denmark MoU on sustainable development
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jun 6(ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday apprised the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Denmark on technical cooperation in the field of sustainable and smart urban development in April this year.
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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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