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    Presently, PACS account for 41 per cent or over 3 crore farmers of the kisan credit card loans given by all entities in the...
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    Human Rights Defenders Write to Guterres; Say Next OHCHR Must be a Rights Champion

    The post of High Commissioner should be filled by someone of high moral standing and personal integrity, and who is independent and impartial and...
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    Human Rights Council Hears of Situation of Nepal Dalits

    The UN Expert on Extreme Poverty on Wednesday told the Human Rights Council that the persistence of social discrimination faced by Dalits in Nepal...
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    MoEF, Local Bodies, Discuss Elimination of Single Use Plastics

    Municipal commissioners were informed about the upcoming ban on single use plastics will come into effect from 1 July 2022. A notification to this...
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    NITI, RMI Report Says Green Hydrogen Critical to India’s Net-Zero Ambitions

    With emerging global momentum on hydrogen, India can situate this decarbonisation opportunity not just within the context of a low-carbon economy but also as...
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    NIUA C-Cube, WRI India launch the India Forum for Nature-Based Solutions

    Ecosystem-based services and Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) are fast emerging as cost-effective and sustainable ways to address climate change induced challenges such as heat, urban flooding, air...
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    Accountability

    Civil Society Holding the Line in Contested Times: 2022 CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report

    Current crises are exposing the inadequacies of the international governance system, says CIVICUS in its annual report on the State of Civil Society. The...
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    Accountability

    Private Sector Employment: Do Gatekeepers Indeed Believe in Equal Opportunities?

    As if it is a comment on the times we live in, the fictitious Hindu woman job applicant named Priyanka Sharma received 208 positive...
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