Monthly Archives: April, 2016

Water & Sanitation

Risks associated with water cycle instability, by experts

The current instability and unpredictability of the world water cycle is here to stay, making society's adaptation to new risks a vital necessity when...

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Climate Change

India to ratify Paris Agreement on April 22

India, along with 100 other nations, will ratify the Paris “COP 21 Global Climate Agreement” in New York on April 22, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said...

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Human Settlement

How government can end building collapse in Lagos

Bothered by the incessant collapse of buildings in the bustling city of Lagos in Nigeria, town planner and planning advocate, Yacoob Abiodun, who resides...

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Indian village plants 111 trees every time a girl is born

Every culture has its own traditions surrounding the birth of a child. While we celebrate newborn girls by sending pink dresses and dolls, in...

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Ban Ki-moon hails US, China’s resolve to endorse Paris Agreement

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has commended Thursday’s Joint Presidential Statement on climate change by the leaders of the People’s Republic of China...

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Anxiety over impending extreme weather

Health and environment experts want governments at all levels to allocate more resources to help cushion the effect of extreme weather condition in the...

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Photo News

Photos: Zaha Hadid’s life in buildings

Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-born British architect was the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Prize – architecture's equivalent of the Nobel Prize –...

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Eulogies as British architect, Zaha Hadid, dies at 65

British architect Zaha Hadid has died aged 65, following a sudden heart attack. Ms. Hadid, the designer of buildings including the London Olympic Aquatic Centre and the MAXXI National Museum of XXI...

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