Museums play a crucial role in preserving and documenting local cultures. With detailed documentation and artefact preservation, a culture can be recorded and remembered even if it becomes extinct at a future date.
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About a fortnight after it started, the 110th International Labour Conference organised under the auspices of the International Labour Organisation ended today in Geneva.
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Since 1919, the International Labour Organization (ILO), headquartered in Geneva, has been working with member countries to advance social and economic justice for working class populations by setting and enforcing international labour standards.
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On Day 2 of the engagements at the International Labour Conference in Geneva, I participated in the World of Work Summit Panel Discussion.
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The 1972 Conference started modern climate diplomacy, led to the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and yielded the Stockholm Declaration, a set of principles that encourage “global cooperation to reconcile economic development and environmental management”.
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The second day of Stockholm+50 was spent with countries presenting their national statements and representatives participating in a series of leadership dialogues. Participating nations put forth their ideas and concerns in the global fight against climate change.
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Being in Sweden this time of the year was my first experience of seeing midnight sun, a natural phenomenon experienced around North Pole from March to September. You go to bed with the sun shining bright outside and you wake up and find the sun still out.
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The city of Stockholm has great historical importance as the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in the city in 1901. Close to 70 years later, what added to the significance of the city was the United Nations Conference on Human Environment.
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The meeting attendees pledged their full support to the United Kingdom COP26 Presidency for a successful conference, which delivers an ambitious and balanced outcome, including the completion of the Paris Agreement Work Programme...
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Negotiations to fight climate change at COP26 in Glasgow have been happening in an atmosphere of cooperation and mutual respect for each other’s ideas, strengths, and constraints.
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On the sidelines of COP26, I had the privilege of holding a bilateral meeting with Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Ibrahim Thiaw (UNCCD). Our meeting focused on the opportunities for land restoration and the commitments of the G20 countries on the same.
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U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry announced at the UNFCCC COP26 today that the United States has joined the ISA as a member country.
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2017 में श्रम एवं रोजगार मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार द्वारा भारत में बाल-श्रम (बाल मजदूरी) के उन्मूलन में तेजी लाने व बाल श्रम को पूर्ण रूप खत्म करने में जन भागीदारी को बढ़ाने के उद्देश्य से शुरू किया गया पेंसिल पोर्टल बाल श्रम उन्मूलन में एक अहम भूमिका निभा रहा है।
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Ganga Connect is a global exhibition that will showcase multiple facets of the river basin and connect with interested parties.
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On the sidelines of the COP26 Summit in Glasgow today, I received the opportunity to co-chair the first hybrid Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) Summit along with Mr Per Bolund, Spokesman for the Green Party and Minister of the Environment and Climate and Deputy Prime Minister.
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Global surface temperature has already increased by 1.1 degree C during 2011-20 as compared to the period 1850-1900, while the increase over India has been about 0.7 degree Celsius on average during the same period.
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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has placed India in a position where the country has come to guide the world in dealing with the crisis of climate change.
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The Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has already set the tone for the summit showing that India believes in action and not just talking when it comes to climate change and saving planet Earth from its vagaries.
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कल संसद के शीतकालीन सत्र का चौथा दिन था। कल भी सदन में कई विपक्षी सदस्यों का हंगामा जारी रहा है, लेकिन संतोषजनक यह है कि इस हंगामे के बीच ही इस सत्र में पहली बार प्रश्नकाल पूरा हुआ।
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It is a matter of pride for us Indians to note that we have not just been fulfilling our responsibilities as a global power in the fight against climate change, we are also taking the lead in the fight, emerging as a model worth emulating.
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प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी का हमेशा से यह प्रयास रहा है कि श्रमिकों के हित में, उनकी सामाजिक सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित करने के लिए एक सरल, सुगम एवं पारदर्शी व्यवस्था बनाई जाए और उनके विजन से ही यह पोर्टल शुरू हुआ है।
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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has once again shown that India is a responsible global power house and is at the forefront to fight climate change with climate action in the true spirit of climate justice by proposing a five-point climate agenda.
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It is curtains down on 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Glasgow.
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संसद का शीतकालीन सत्र प्रारम्भ हो गया। यह आशा रहती है कि पिछले सत्रों की तुलना में इस सत्र में संसद चर्चा का बेहतर मंच बनेगी। मैंने विपक्ष के सांसद के रूप में भी काम किया है और कई बहसों में हिस्सा लिया है।
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‘सबका साथ, सबका विकास और सबका विश्वास’ के संकल्प के साथ आगे बढ़ी यह विकास यात्रा आज ‘सबका प्रयास’ के पड़ाव तक पहुंची है, तो इसके पीछे जनता का अपने नेतृत्व पर कायम अपार भरोसा ही कारण है.
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As COP26 takes off in Glasgow, the world is coming together to look for solutions to the existential threat facing our planet.
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