SDGs

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has released the Asia and the Pacific Sustainable Development Goals Progress Report 2021. The report comes at a time when the global pandemic COVID-19 has…
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The need of the hour is for the government to realize the importance of sustainable wildlife infrastructures in India. The current problems of desertification, land degradation, and biodiversity loss in our nation are the outcomes of the…
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The ‘Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights’ (UNGPs) provide guidance for the implementation of the United Nations’ ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ framework contributing to higher levels of accountability and awareness within…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has surged the world in its gallows. It has caused physical, financial and mental distress globally. The social distancing measures by nations made interruptions in everyday schedules. Schools have been suspended in…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for well-functioning social protection systems in the region as never before. The UN report released today reveals that despite their rapid socioeconomic ascent, most countries in the…
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The Global Alliance for the Future of Food launched The TEEBAgriFood Evaluation Framework: Overarching Implementation Guidance, a step-by-step guide to assess how food systems impact people, society, the environment, and natural resources.…
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Agriculture is central to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. It has linkages with food security, economic growth, employment and poverty eradication, the environment and natural resource management, and nutrition and health are…
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The Royal Government of Bhutan has announced its first sovereign bond to support the economy in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic while diversifying financial sources. The new financing instrument supported by the United Nations Economic…
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India ranks first in the world in terms of number of marriages being carried out. Around the world every three seconds one marriage is solemnised and India tops with 15,59,000 marriages. Among them 7 per cent are of the girls below 17 years…
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COVID-19 did a lot of bad things, but one good thing is that food and immunity discussions became an important topic in everyone’s lives. One can’t stress this enough—right from womb to tomb, nutritional needs need to be looked after for a…
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