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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, 2 months 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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Andhra govt. to establish Institute for Sustainable Development and Govern
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh)[India], January 18 (ANI): In a bid to transform the state into a globally competitive society, the Andhra Pradesh Government will establish the 'Institute for Sustainable Development and Governance' (ISDG) in Amaravati.
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1M1B only Indian NGO to partner with UNDPI this year
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): 1 Million for 1 Billion (1M1B) on Wednesday announced its affiliation with the United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI) and stressed that it will be the only Indian NGO to partner the Department this year for disseminating information about pri
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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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Development alternatives and "la Caixa" foundation, Spain join hands to cr
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 2 (ANI-NewsVoir): Development Alternatives (DA), a premier social enterprise working in the field of sustainable development alongwith" la Caixa" Foundation, the leading foundation in Spain, and the third foundation worldwide in number of assets, launched an initiative
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"7 Days Challenge" launched at TERI School of Advanced Studies
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 1 (ANI-NewsVoir): TERI School of Advanced Studies in its endeavor to promote education and action on sustainable development launched India's first ever '7 Days Challenge'.
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PM Modi reiterates importance of sanitation on World Toilet Day
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reaffirmed the Centre's commitment towards improving sanitation in the country on account of World Toilet Day today.
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India hailed for cutting child mortality rate by 1 million
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], Sep 20 (ANI): A recent report has hailed India's work in preventing the deaths of about one million children under five in 2005-15, driven by significant reductions in the mortality rates of pneumonia, diarrhoea, tetanus and measles.
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Sushma calls on CARICOM countries for stronger collective action to deal w
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], September 20 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called on India's Caribbean partners for a stronger collective action to deal with the threat posed by terrorism, citing that counter-terrorism requires a strong collective action by the global community.
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Vizag has achieved 30% savings through renewable energy solutions: Andhra
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 17 (ANI): Attending the Regional Conference on Environment-2017 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu elaborated on the sustainable development of the state, and claimed that Visakhapatnam has achieved 30 per ce
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Asia, Africa lawmakers mull inter-linkage between population issues and 20
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): As many as 20 law-makers from various Asian and African countries attended a conference on 'enhancing role of parliamentarians in the inter-linkage between population issues and the 2030 agenda of sustainable development', held in New Delhi on Wednesday
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