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Worldview Education believes schools can be primary engines of sustainable
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 9 (ANI-NewsVoir): At the recently held Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, the Minister of State for Urban Development and Housing Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri used some telling statistics to highlight the enormity of the urban development challenge ahead of us.
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Tribal village in Chhattisgarh takes up community farming
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Bastar (Chhattisgarh)[India], Feb. 9 (ANI): A poverty-stricken tribal village in Bastar has adopted the eco-friendly practice of community farming to ensure a sustainable living for themselves.
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Sustainable development and quality education
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Nalanda (Bihar) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): Bihar's Nikhat Parween, a school teacher said, "Girls must certainly get a good education and also get a job after completing their education because after getting a job, her confidence is boosted and that gives the girl a feeling of independence where
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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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Andhra govt. to establish Institute for Sustainable Development and Govern
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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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US trade deficit with China 'not sustainable', Trump tells Xi
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Washington DC [United States], Jan 17 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has told the Chinese President Xi Jinping that the growing U.S. trade deficit with Beijing "is not sustainable."
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K'taka seeks water assistance from Telangana
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Jan 6 (ANI): The Karnataka Government has sought Telangana's assistance for sustainable solutions to water shortage in the state's Tungabhadra watershed.
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1M1B only Indian NGO to partner with UNDPI this year
Updated : 8 years, 2 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, 2 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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