UN Chief Argues to Beat Plastic Pollution
Goa (ABC Live): Beat Plastic Pollution : The world must unite to “beat plastic pollution” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Environment Day on Tuesday,...
View ArticleWHO Global Action Plan Bats for Regular Physical Activities
New York (ABC Live): WHO Global Action Plan : One-in-five adults and 80 per cent of adolescents worldwide are not getting enough exercise, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which on...
View ArticleIAEA Ready to Verify North Korea Nuclear Activities
Geneva (ABC Live) : North Korea Nuclear Activities : The IAEA is ready to resume nuclear verification activities in North Korea if political agreement makes this possible, Director General Yukiya...
View ArticleICAO GASeP Backs EUR/NAT Aviation Security Roadmap
Lisbon (ABC Live): ICAO GASeP : ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu welcomed the endorsement today of a European and North Atlantic (EUR/NAT) Aviation Security Roadmap, one which will now align...
View ArticleIraq Ratifies All ILO Fundamental Conventions
Geneva (ABC Live) : ILO Fundamental Conventions : The Government of Iraq has ratified the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) , bringing it into the...
View ArticleIndian State Gujarat Leads to Beat Plastic Pollution
Goa (ABC Live): Beat Plastic Pollution : Gujarat, India’s westernmost state, is quickly becoming an industrial powerhouse. Companies that produce petro-chemicals, fertilizers and pharmaceutical...
View ArticleKnow Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Doha Declaration
New Delhi (ABC Live): Criminal Justice Doha Declaration : The Doha Declaration was passed by acclamation at the Thirteenth Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Doha, Qatar, in April...
View ArticleUNODC Organises Conference on Sport Corruption
New York (ABC Live): Sport Corruption : Sports scandals, including allegations of endemic corruption and the involvement of organized crime, threaten to undermine the sector’s potential to contribute...
View ArticleG. Parameshwara Case to Decide Governor Role in Hung Assembly
New Delhi (ABC Live):Governor Role in Hung Assembly : Over the past 68 years, there have been many controversies regarding the role of the Governor and the discretion accorded to her ‘by or under this...
View ArticleMyanmar Signs MoU with UNHCR for Rohingya Return
New York (ABC Live): Rohingya : United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the understanding reached between UN agencies and Myanmar on creating conditions that would allow hundreds...
View ArticleMs Espinosa Becomes President of UN General Assembly
New York (ABC Live): Espinosa : The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday elected Ecuadorean Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of its upcoming 73rd session; only the...
View ArticleDr. Fang Liu Addresses 74th IATA AGM in Sydney
Sydney(ABC Live): IATA AGM :ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu addressed the 74th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Sydney, Australia yesterday,...
View ArticleRight to Privacy Judgment Enlarges Fundamental Right Scope
New Delhi (ABC Live): Right to Privacy Judgment : The Supreme Court’s right to privacy judgment was meant to be about expanding the individual rights against State (and private) power. However, as the...
View ArticleKnow Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance
New Delhi (ABC Live):Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance: It has been over a month since the Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance [FEO] was passed by the Indian President. In what is rather common...
View ArticleIMF Working Paper Exposes Reasons for Inequality in China
New Delhi (ABC Live):Inequality in China : Over the past two decades, China has seen a sharp reduction of poverty, but also a substantial increase of inequality. As the result of more than two decades...
View ArticleKnow the United States Personal Saving Rate Trend
New York (ABC Live): United States Personal Saving Rate : Following the 2008 financial crisis, there was broad support in the U.S. for measures to restore growth through expansionary monetary and...
View ArticleKnow Climate Imperative for Emissions Gap Report 2017
Goa (ABC Live): Emissions Gap Report 2017 : The climate imperative is clear: we must act now and with ambition to decarbonize human activities in order to meet global climate goals. The latest climate...
View ArticleIAEA Uses Nuclear Techniques for Environmental Forensics
Goa (ABC Live): Environmental Forensics : The levels of lead and mercury in the sea reduce noticeably following concrete actions to limit their release, recent research at the IAEA using nuclear...
View ArticleWorld Oceans Day Highlights Oceans Role in Environment
Goa (ABC Live): World Oceans Day : World Oceans Day celebrates the central role of the oceans in our lives. It also seeks to sensitize people about the impact of human actions and encourage action to...
View ArticleAustria Closes Doors for Islam on Islamic kindergartens Issue
Moscow (ABC Live):Islamic kindergartens : Is Europe fed up with aggressive Islamism or is it attacking Turkish Islam in particular? Why did Austria decide to close seven mosques and expel 40 imams? Is...
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