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The Richest One Per Cent Pollutes More than the Poorest 50 Per Cent
The world population is already using the equivalent of 1.6 earths to maintain the current way of life. Ecosystems can longer keep up with...
Bangladesh
“I Forget a Lot of Things While I’m Studying”: Lead Poisoning Wreaks Havoc On Children’s Lives
Facing irreparable damage to their health and development, up to 35 million children in Bangladesh have too high levels of lead in their blood,...
Green business
Can AI-Designed Super Enzyme End Plastic Pollution Crisis?
The latest developments in plastics research offer hope. Researchers at the University of Texas have developed a super enzyme termed as hydrolase that can...
Asia Pacific
Post Pandemic Asia Pacific Lags on Climate SDGs – UN ESCAP Report
At the present rate of progress, the Asia Pacific region may meet 2030 SDGs only in 2065, the report says, calling for stepping up...
Clean tech
Drugged Water: A New Global Pandemic Hiding in Plain Sight?
A recent study on pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers concluded that higher levels of antibiotic-resistant pathogens were found in low- to middle-income countries...
Features
Reviving History and the Environment in the City of Djinns and Saints
Nizamuddin Basti, a treasure trove of a 700-year-old living cultural heritage, is being through a renewal project being implemented by the Aga Khan Trust...
Clean tech
World’s nations commit to ending plastic waste
The UN’s draft resolution on ending plastic pollution has been described as the most important international environmental deal since the Paris Agreement.
By Emma Bryce
The...
Clean tech
Drugs pollute rivers, add to resistance crisis
Pharmaceutical pollution could contribute to antimicrobial resistance and affect human health, says a river study that finds the highest concentrations in SouthAsia, Africa and...
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Health Ministry, NDMA Issue Joint-Advisory to States on Preventing Hospital Fires during Summer
States and union territories have been directed to ensure all accredited hospitals within their jurisdiction conduct thorough inspections, address...
Sri Lanka Banks to Set Up Business Revival Units for Troubled Borrowers
The Asian Development Bank is helping with the establishment of a guarantee institute. This is part of the larger...
ILO Reaches Agreement on Living Wages
A decision by the ILO’s Governing Body opens the way for new work by the ILO on estimating and...
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Health Ministry, NDMA Issue Joint-Advisory to States on Preventing Hospital Fires during Summer
States and union territories have been directed to ensure...
Sri Lanka Banks to Set Up Business Revival Units for Troubled Borrowers
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