Tt was 1979. I sat in the corner of a crowde d criminal law classroom at the Dhaula Kuan Law Centre, hoping to remain invisible. Yet, the gaze of Mr. Dhar - a faculty member for whom I hold the deepest respect even today - was unerring.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) have partnered to help address the growing challenge of plastic waste management in Asia, a region that is home to significant environmental opportunities and challenges.
The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with Citi Foundation, have officially launched the seventh edition of the Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Challenge for 2024-2025.
Between 2011 and 2018, the phases one and two of the programme supported over 200 related community-based projects in 20 countries.
India has shown great commitment and leadership in lifting people out of poverty, especially among the poorest in the country, says Shoko Noda, Resident Representative, UNDP India.
According to the 2011 census only 65 per cent of females were literate, in comparison to 82 per cent males.
Life expectancy of Indians at birth in 2019 was 69.7 years while Bangladesh has a life expectancy of 72.6 years and Pakistan 67.3 years, the 2020 Human Development Report said.
The game was designed to bust myths and spread awareness related to COVID-19 while offering an immersive experience to the users.
Rasheda K Chowdhury, Executive Director (CEO), campaign for popular education or CAMPE, and an educationist, stressed the need for ’a complete revisit of the existing system of focussing more on public exams rather than continuous class room based normative assessments, as mooted in the education policy 2010 for a qualitative change….as numbers always do not matter’.
The terms ~development and freedom ~are common. However, careful consideration would reveal the intricacy of the two words. Development for whom? What is freedom? There certainly exist various types of freedom, like freedom of speech, freedom to write and express views and ideas, freedom of thought.
