India, which has announced it will send a space probe to Mars, is now a country with more technological prowess than Britain and the "best and most beautiful spoken English in the world" is now hea
Alipurduar, Aug. 5: Japan government will spend over Rs 400 crore in Bengal over the next eight years for afforestation and development of the people depending on the forests.
Addressing the shortfall, commissioned by WaterAid and written by Development Initiatives, puts the water and sanitation sector resourcing under the spotlight and argues that donor countries should act with urgency to increase their financing and better target their money at the 783 million lacking water and the 2.5 billion lacking sanitation.
2012 has brought welcome news of the progress made in bringing water and sanitation to the many people worldwide still without access to these essential services.
The State Government reiterated its demand for resumption of financial assistance under the restructured accelerated power development and reforms programme (R-APDRP) to the Centre.
An agreement to this effect was signed between Finance Secretary Krishna Hari Baskota and Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Kunio Takahashi on Tuesday on behalf of their respective governments for the i
The Indian government has provided NRs 97.71 million to Nepal as its contribution to the construction of embankments along the Lalbakeya, Bagmati and Kamla rivers.
From 2020 on, an annual $ 100 billion is to be made available to developing countries so they can adapt to climate change and mitigate the phenomenon. The long-term commitments of donor governments are fuzzy, however. So far, there are no coherent pledges for the next seven years. Saleemul Huq of the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development assessed matters in an interview with Hans Dembowski.
