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NL Correspondent Jammu Tawi: Capri Global Capital Ltd., a leading non-banking financial company, is making waves in women's development & upskilling through its transformative CSR initiatives. Allocating an impressive INR 392 Lakhs this fiscal year, the philanthropic arm of Capri Global Capital Ltd. has partnered with renowned social organizations ...

About 2 billion people will live in hazardous heat conditions by the end of the century if climate policies continue on their current trajectory, according to new research published in the Nature Sustainability journal. That represents 23% of the projected global population. If the climate warms more drastically — a potential ...

Canadian academia should stop hosting major international conferences until the federal government can sort out visa problems that are preventing some of the world’s best and brightest from showing up and taking part.That’s the contention by a group of six dozen scholars who say they’ve been ashamed and frustrated ...

For Bhagwan Devi, 38, and Shivakumar, 40, and their four children, a flood follows unseasonal rain so often now that they have less and less time to pick up the pieces and start over again. Devi and Shivakumar had to flee their hut on the banks of the Yamuna ...

The researchers behind “Uniting in Science”, coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), studied several factors related to the climate crisis - from CO2 emissions, global temperature rises, and climate predictions; to “tipping points”, urban climate change, extreme weather impacts, and early warning systems. One of the key conclusions ...

A decade ago, Pakistan’s worst floods on record destroyed a bridge over the Swat river in Madyan, a hilly tourist town in the North. When they went to rebuild, authorities decided to make their town more resilient. So they built the new bridge 16 ft. higher than before. But ...

Dhaka , July 9 (ANI): US ban on Chinese products has greatly impacted Bangladesh's ready-made garment industry as it is largely dependent on the Chinese province for raw materials, local media reported. Bangladesh's ready-made garment manufacturers and exporters believed that the US embargo on Chinese goods would lead to ...

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday cautioned countries to not drag their feet in battling climate change. “The window to prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis is closing fast,” he said. “...The planet has already warmed by 1.2 degrees Celsius.”In accordance with the 2015 Paris ...

Pandemic-related school closures have had a profound impact on children's learning & mental well-being. Children in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan share their stories. During the pandemic lockdown in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 11-year-old Imran started working 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. at a paper recycling shop, making paper bags. He longs ...

Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and India are among four South Asian countries where children are at extremely high risk of the impacts of the climate crisis, with a ranking of 14th, 15th, 25th and 26th respectively India is among four South Asian countries where children are most at risk of ...