Air pollution kills 100,000 Indian children every year, study says

New Delhi -- The noxious air hanging over India's towns and cities kills more than 100,000 children under five every year, a damning study published Wednesday for World Environment Day found. India has repeatedly failed to address environmental concerns. Last year a...

African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): Problems and Challenges

1.1. Introduction  - In the hullabaloo of the then forthcoming general election in India, most of us including the national media, overlooked a very significant development in another continent – Africa – in geological past it used to be India’s neighbour.J 44 out of...

Update from the Rotterdam Convention [COP9]

The Rotterdam Convention (RC), which was adopted in September 1998 and entered into force on 24 February 2004, creates legally-binding obligations for the implementation of the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure. The fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the...

Earth Day (22 April 2019) observed at Environics Office, New Delhi

Earth day which takes place on 22 April every year was observed celebrated at the office of Environics Trust at New Delhi. The event was an effort towards making people aware regarding the current deteriorating scenario of mother Earth. Users of Sanitary Napkins made...

Time to act- STOP Brazilian Asbestos Exports!

India Ban Asbestos Network Members along with other international Network representatives came together to demand for an end to asbestos mining and export in Brazil- one of the world’s leading asbestos-producing countries. India being one of the top three consumer of...

NIOH to develop occupational health programme in Indian context

The National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), an ICMR institute and the training division of the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), is developing a unique program designed for the care and compliance of unorganised sector workers perspective for...

Report on National Women’s Convention

Report on the National Women’s Convention held on 12 February 2019 in New Delhi The Convention was started by Shabnam Hashmi who is a social activist, a rebel, a fearless fighter and a human rights defender. She works on questions related to democracy, secularism,...

UNEARTH – The Viewsletter – February 2018

  Report Report of Gender Samvad  Gender Samvad, a three day event on  respect and equality of women in Indian society and their rightful human rights in their personal and professional fronts, the journey of educating the Indian crowd about women equality,...

Participatory Planning of Workbook

Environics Trust is aiming to develop a workbook on Panna and Chhatarpur districts for further informative planning and execution of governmental and non-governmental schemes and practises. The meeting started with the purpose and meaning of workbook. Workbook is a...