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Performance Audit of Working of Inland Container Depots (ICDs) and Container Freight Stations (CFSs)

A CAG report has expressed concern over uncleared cargo containing live bombs and war material scrap lying at various inland container depots (ICDs) of the customs department for several years.

Publication Date: 
08/01/2019
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
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Hazardous Waste, India, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Trade
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Solid biomass supply for heat and power: technology brief

Solid biomass from forests, farms and cities provides a major energy source for heat and power generation, potentially accounting for a fifth of global energy consumption by 2050 amid accelerated adoption of renewables.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2019
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Tags:
Biomass, Biofuel, Green House Gases, Electricity, Crop Residues, Japan, Netherlands, India
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Developing country-wide farming system typologies: an analysis of Ethiopian smallholders’ income and food security

This paper aims to better understand the context in which smallholder farms operate.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2018
Esther Boere, Aline Mosnier, Géraldine Bocquého, & et al
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Security, Poverty, Farmers, Ethiopia, Africa
Poverty

Poverty and shared prosperity 2018: piecing together the poverty puzzle

The World Bank Group has two overarching goals: End extreme poverty by 2030 and promote shared prosperity by boosting the incomes of the bottom 40 percent of the population in each economy. As this year’s

Publication Date: 
17/10/2018
The World Bank
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The good, the bad and the ugly: limiting temperature rise to 1.5°C

The international effort to tackle climate change must be accelerated in order to limit global temperature rises, a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has found. The IPCC report, released in South Korea, is an urgent reminder that global warming poses a grave risk to humanity.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2018
Climate Council
Tags:
Global Warming, Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Australia, IPCC
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Somalia economic update, August 2018 : rapid growth in mobile money -- stability or vulnerability?


Publication Date: 
01/08/2018
The World Bank
Tags:
Economy, Economic Development, GDP, Finance, Mobile Phone, Somalia, Africa, Agriculture, Poverty
People

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding benefits and facilities to be provided under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, 25/07/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Rajive Raturi Vs Union of India & Others dated 25/07/2018 regarding the benefits and facilities that are to be provided to the persons suffering from various kinds of disabilities under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. Supreme Court in its Judgement dated 15.12.2017 had given eleven directions which were to be complied with by the Central Government as well as State Governments for implementing various provisions of the Disabilities Act, 2016.

Judgement Date: 
25/07/2018
Tags:
Physical Disability, Legislation, Government Of India (GOI), Supreme Court, India
Air Pollution

Explained Snippets: 3.2 million diabetes cases linked to air pollution, study estimates

The researchers associate pollution with diabetes by referring to previous evidence that suggest PM2.5 particles, when inhaled, reduce the body’s ability to respond to insulin.

Publication Date: 
16/07/2018
Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Solid Waste

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding solid waste management in India, 10/07/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: Outrage as Parents End Life After Child's Dengue dated 10/07/2018 regarding solid waste management in India.

Supreme Court asks who is responsible for clearing the garbage in Delhi – those answerable to the Lt. Governor or those answerable to the Chief Minister as there is mountain loads of garbage particularly in Bhalswa, Okhla and Ghazipur. Supreme Court directs an affidavit to be filed by the concerned officer of both the functionaries. 

Judgement Date: 
10/07/2018
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, Supreme Court, Delhi, India
Air Pollution

Delhi Air Quality: Environment Ministry directs agencies to be on 'maximum' alert

Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan directed agencies to be on "maximum" alert and take all measures to contain sources of dust as Delhi's air quality remained "severe" for the third day on Th

Publication Date: 
15/06/2018
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
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