Four years after the onset of the global financial crisis, the worst appears to be over. However, the global economy remains fragile, as high-income countries continue to suffer from volatility and slow growth, says the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects.

WHO has developed a global monitoring framework to enable global tracking of progress in preventing and controlling major noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) - cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung diseases and diabetes - and their key risk factors.

A profile of disasters reported for cold wave including a summary of events from 1980 to September 2008 , as well as the top 10 disasters. Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1980 and 2008.

These bye-laws and regulations may be called the Puducherry Building Bye-laws and Zoning Regulations (Amendment), 2013. The provisions of these bye-laws and regulations shall apply to the planning area declared vide:- (i) G.O. Ms. No. 79/84/F6, dated 17th August 1984, notified in Gazette No. 35, dated 28th August 1984, (ii) G.O. Ms. No.

These Regulations shall be called the “Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms & Conditions for Determination of Tariff for Grid-connected Solar Photo Voltaic Project) Regulations, 2013”. These Regulations shall extend to the whole of National Capital Territory of Delhi.

The undersigned is directed to refer to the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure’s OM No.30(17)/PF.11/2012 dated 11.10.2012 and to say the following on the policy being followed by Govt. of India (GoI) through Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) in respect of sanction and implementation of Metro Rail projects in India.

With regard to the draft policy document on JNNSM Phase II that was released by the ministry on its website, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised a roundtable discussion with stakeholders for discussion on 22nd December 2012. Representatives from the industry, NGOs and state government attended the discussion.

This Letter by Sanchita Jindal to Executive engineer, Dept of Water Resources, Parwan Project Division, Rajasthan regarding Environment clearance of Parwan major irrigation cum drinking water supply project in Jhalwar district, Rajasthan by Dept. of Water Resources, Rajasthan.

This new report released by the rural development ministry examines environmental implications of its schemes & assesses their potential to deliver green results and contribute to the national goal of ‘faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth’.

Supreme court pulled the government and said that it needs to do more to stop the illegal and unregulated clinical trials in the country. Read full text of this order.

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