Climate Change

Silent crisis: information, decision-making, and communities on the frontlines of climate change

This report examines the often-overlooked lived realities of communities on the frontlines of climate change. It explores the dynamics, challenges, and opportunities for strengthening local information environments in humanitarian contexts, where communities are suffering from unprecedented climate impacts.

Publication Date: 
05/10/2023
Internews
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Information, Iraq, Zimbabwe
Health

Order of the Bombay High Court regarding implementation of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, 10/07/2023

Order of the Bombay High Court in the matter of Dr. Harish Shetty vs The State Of Maharashtra & Others dated 10/07/2023.

The matter related to the state of patients who are overstaying in the mental health institutions in some cases for decades.

The Bombay High Court said that the primary focus should be on those patients who have been declared fit by the establishments - government and private and fit to be discharged and still they are confined to be establishments because their family members have not accepted them back at home.

Judgement Date: 
10/07/2023
Tags:
Mental Health, Maharashtra, High Court, Human Rights, Legislation, Information
Science And Technology

Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023

The Central Government has notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guideline and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023. This notification was issued on 6th April, 2023 and are effective from that same date.

Publication Date: 
06/04/2023
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Tags:
Information, Technology, Media, Internet, India
People

SC asks for details from states on children with special needs and special teachers, 14/02/2023

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Rajneesh Kumar Pandey & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/02/2023.

The Supreme Court directed the states to file reports on the number of children with special needs, the number of special teachers enrolled and the number and status of vacancies. The states were also asked to inform when they propose to fill up the vacancies and meet with the requirement of the SC orders dated October 28, 2021 and May 2, 2022.

Judgement Date: 
14/02/2023
Tags:
Children, India, Supreme Court, Information
People

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding registration of migrant and unorganised workers, 06/12/2022

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of 'In Re problems and miseries of migrant labourers ' dated 06/12/2022.

Judgement Date: 
06/12/2022
Tags:
Workers, India, Information, Supreme Court, Government Of India (GOI)
Industry

Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board report to the NGT on the emission status of industries in the state, 06/12/2022

Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) in its report to the NGT said that there are a total of 167 industries and they are categorized into 17 types of polluting industries.

The online data of emissions from these industries is displayed on the CECB website.

Judgement Date: 
06/12/2022
Tags:
Industry, Chhattisgarh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Air Pollution Control, Information
Climate Change

Climate risk information for financial sector decision-makers in Africa: gaps and opportunities

This working paper discusses the role of financial sector policy in relation to addressing gaps in climate risk information in the private finance sector, with a specific focus on Africa.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2022
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Tags:
Climate Change, Finance, Private Sector, Africa, Information
Health

Food supply to Anganwadi Centres should not stopped for not linking Aadhar till Poshan Tracker app is updated with regional languages: Bombay High Court

Order passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in Writ Petition No. 3854 of 2021 (Anganwadi Karmachari Sanghatana & Others Vs Union of India & Others).

The Bombay High Court, July 5, 2022 in an 'ad-interim relief' directed that allotment of food grains to anganwadi Centres within Maharashtra should not be stopped "on the basis of the functioning and use of POSHAN Tracker Application."

Judgement Date: 
05/07/2022
Tags:
Child Health, Nutrition, Government Of India (GOI), Maharashtra, High Court, Information, Food Security, Food Supply
Industry

Status report by the CPCB on industrial OCEMS data display in public domain by SPCBs of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, 21/04/2022

Status report by the Central Pollution Control Board in compliance of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order, February 1, 2022 in OA No. 72/2021 (Ramesh Agarwal Vs MoEF&CC & Others).

The matter related to industrial Online Continuous Effluent/Emission Monitoring Systems (OCEMS) Data Display by states of Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
21/04/2022
Tags:
Industry, Information, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Economy

E-commerce and the digital economy in LDCs: At breaking point in COVID-19 times

Two years have passed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the economic fall-out is still being felt all around the globe, its impacts are not fully captured.

Publication Date: 
17/03/2022
UNCTAD
Tags:
Economy, Global, Africa, Europe, Oceania, Asia, Coronavirus, Technology, Information

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