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Singer Craig David is UN's voice against TB
By d-sector Team | 30 Mar 2010


Haitian writer among UNESCO Artists for Peace
By d-sector Team | 30 Mar 2010


Antonio Banderas is UNDP Goodwill Ambassador
By d-sector Team | 23 Mar 2010


Messi is UNICEF's Global Goodwill Ambassador
By d-sector Team | 15 Mar 2010


Salil Shetty is the first Indian to head Amnesty
By d-sector Team | 04 Feb 2010


Foreign Affairs editor to be HRW's new chairman
By d-sector Team | 28 Jan 2010


Tunisian actress Hend Sabri is WFP's ambassadress against hunger
By d-sector Team | 12 Jan 2010


Bertina Ceccarelli new VP for WCS Global Resources
By d-sector Team | 09 Jan 2010


Actor Cage appointed UN goodwill ambassador
By d-sector Team | 07 Dec 2009


Yumkella reappointed as UNIDO DG
By d-sector Team | 07 Dec 2009


Stevie Wonder appointed UN Messenger of Peace
By d-sector Team | 02 Dec 2009


Banerjee joins as Atomic Energy Commission Chief
By d-sector Team | 01 Dec 2009


Indian American to head USAID
By d-sector Team | Washington | 12 Nov 2009


Veronica Campbell-Brown to be UNESCO Champion for Sport
By d-sector Team | 23 Oct 2009


Sam Pitroda appointed Railways ICT Panel Head
By d-sector Team | 06 Oct 2009


Irina Bokova to be first woman to head UNESCO
By d-sector Team | 25 Sep 2009


Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière appointed UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
By d-sector Team | 27 Aug 2009


Paul Farmer to assist Clinton in Haiti
By d-sector Team | 12 Aug 2009


Dr Flavia Bustreo to be new Director of the Partnership
By d-sector Team | 07 Aug 2009


New UNICEF Representative to Ukraine
By d-sector Team | 21 Jul 2009


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Today we see more commitment to protect nature, but the understanding of the real and long term risks to environment is still poor. Many 'celebrity activists' get hyper on issues with little or temporary impact like use of fire-crackers on Diwali but feign ignorance of dangers of deforestation for 'development' projects or widespread mining in green areas. There is no dearth of 'green campaigners' who cry hoarse over occasional offering of flowers and ash to holy rivers, but never utter a word against tonnes of hazardous industrial waste released daily into water bodies and air. Such selective approach will not help environment, on the contrary it will create doubts in the minds of people about the real intentions of the activists.

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When villages fought over surplus water
By Dinesh Kumar Mishra
25 Oct 2011

The common understanding is that all water related conflicts arise because of its scarcity. But there have been instances in Bihar, when myopic engineering measures led to violent struggles among flood ..
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Agriculture - Duties and Rights - Economics - Education - Environment - Equality and Non-discrimination - Food - Governance - Health - Physical Development - Politics - Social Welfare - Society - Water and Sanitation - WTO and Globalisation

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