Sustainable Development
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Count on India's leadership' in South Asia, UN chief to Modi
World | Sep 26, 2015, 10:53 AM ISTUnited Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met UN chief Ban Ki-moon who said he "counted on India's leadership" in South Asia, at the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) summit here marking the world body's landmark
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Top 10 quotes of PM Modi at UN summit
World | Sep 26, 2015, 10:39 AM ISTNew York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made a strong pitch for reforms in the UN security council while addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit.The prime minister's 18-minute Hindi speech, in which he
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UN goals to focus on quality education for children: Unicef
World | Sep 22, 2015, 10:36 AM ISTUnited Nations: With more than 200 million children unable to read and write globally, the UN's new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will focus on access to quality education, the executive director of Unicef has said."There
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Sustainable practices are the need today: Environment Minister
India | Jan 10, 2015, 11:05 AM ISTGurgaon: Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar Friday said sustainable practices were the need of 21st century, as he inaugurated the Prakrit school that seeks to focus on sustainable learning and living practices
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Home Minister calls for eco-friendly development as "natural disasters" hit India
India | Jul 31, 2014, 07:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: Negligence for balance between environment and development is proving tremendously fatal for human kind. Especially in India, there has been a sudden increase in the natural disasters in the last few days causing
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Utilise natural resources, says Narendra Modi on World Environment Day
National | Jun 05, 2014, 12:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday urged people to utilise the natural resources and said that the government's effort and people's participation can help bring about a cleaner and greener planet."Lets serve as trustees,
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Karnataka framing policy on sustainable development
India | Sep 27, 2013, 07:10 AM ISTBangalore: Karnataka is formulating a new policy to address sustainability issues and challenges in consultation with industry, a minister said Thursday."The key challenge is to strike a balance between development and sustainable use of natural
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Sustainable development fundamental right of people: SC
India | Apr 19, 2013, 07:31 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 19: Sustainable development is an integral part of fundamental rights conferred on citizens by the Constitution and cannot be allowed to be hampered by environmental degradation, the Supreme Court has said.“Inter-generational equity
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G-20 will produce plan for global growth
World | Jun 19, 2012, 03:43 PM ISTMexico, Jun 19: The leaders of the world's largest economies will portray themselves on Tuesday as united behind efforts to boost growth and job creation in order to repair a fragile global economy roiled by