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Construction sector is major contributor to GDP growth. (Photo: PTI)

GST to hit informal sector; GDP growth to moderate: UN

Study lowers country's growth projection to 6.7 per cent for 2017 from 7 per cent in 2016.

15 Sept 2017 10:30 AM IST

In Kerala, there are some 44 dams that store river waters. Not being forewarned about the unexpected heavy rains in mid-August, the dams were in danger of overflowing and suddenly released excess water. (Photo: PTI)

India suffered USD 79.5 billion economic loss due to climate disaster:...

The economies of US, China, Japan, India and Puerto Rico have been the worst affected, the report added.

11 Oct 2018 9:12 PM IST

While many in Asia still do not get enough calories to thrive, in the Pacific the problem is too many empty calories. (Photo: AP)

People in Asia-Pacific are still malnourished; aims to eliminate...

UN: Nearly a half-billion in Asia-Pacific still going hungry.

12 Dec 2019 2:12 PM IST

The recent IPCC report shows to what extent climate change threatens biodiversity. (Photo: AFP)

Need of the hour: Rescue plan for life on Earth

UN report to highlight urgent need for Nature rescue plan.

29 April 2019 9:08 AM IST

GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.

Are humans driving Earth to extinction?

To satisfy this huge and growing need, economies will most likely continue to use the very methods that this damning UN...

11 May 2019 12:59 AM IST

COSEWIC noted that Sowerbys Beaked whales are particularly susceptible to noise pollution as the species uses sound to navigate and hunt. (Photo: AFP)

Whale: Endangered wildlife in Canada

Canada lists three whale species as threatened.

7 May 2019 9:09 AM IST

The MEA spokesperson further said that the Update , by distorting Indias policies, practices and values, has undermined its own credibility. (Photo: File | Representational)

India hits out at UN report over J&K atrocities'

MEA criticises false narrative', says rights body ignoring Pak-backed terror.

9 July 2019 1:35 AM IST

Climate change is already affecting every region on earth, in multiple ways. A file photo of the massive 2018 Kerala floods. (PTI)

UN landmark report: Extreme sea level events will hit every year by...

The report, however, gave hope that it is still possible from a physical science point of view, to limit global warming...

9 Aug 2021 2:30 PM IST

A regional train sits in the flood waters at the local station in Kordel, Germany, Thursday July 15, 2021 after it was flooded by the high waters of the Kyll river. (Sebastian Schmitt/dpa via AP)

UN set to unveil landmark report as climate impacts multiply

The report will project global temperature changes until the end of the century under different emissions scenarios

9 Aug 2021 12:39 PM IST

A farmer walks past government propaganda depicting ethnic minority residents reading the constitution with slogans which reads, Unity Stability is fortune, Separatism and Turmoil is misfortune, in northwestern Chinas Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (AP file photo)

UN releases report on possible crimes against humanity in China's...

Hours before the release, China's UN ambassador, Zhang Jun, said Beijing remained firmly opposed to the release

1 Sept 2022 9:18 AM IST

India is firmly opposed to any self-determination on the basis of a plebiscite - which is demanded by Kashmiri separatists and Pakistan - as it considers J&K to be an integral part of India.

UN report indicts India for rights violation in Kashmir

A Commission of Inquiry is one of the UN's highest-level probes, generally reserved for situations like the conflict in...

15 Jun 2018 5:15 AM IST

Jammu and Kashmir has been an area of contention for both India and Pakistan ever since the nations were formed in 1947 with three battles having been fought between the two neighbours over it. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

India rejects UN rights body report on Kashmir, calls it 'fallacious,...

'It is a selective compilation of largely motivated unverified information," Ministry of External Affairs said.

14 Jun 2018 2:38 PM IST