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Commonwealth-Secretary-General the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, delivered a compelling plenary speech today at the 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) held in Antigua and Barbuda. Addressing the critical challenges faced by small states, she underscored the Commonwealth's unwavering commitment to championing their causes on the global stage.

Most in India continue to use a sanitary pad during their menstrual cycle, unaware of its ecological impact. The country discards over 12 billion sanitary napkins annually, which land up at landfills, clogs our sewerage system, water bodies and fields, therefore posing colossal environmental risks

Delhi High CourtAdditions U/s 69C Based Merely On CBIC Information Cant Be Sustained: Delhi High CourtCase Title: Bausch And Lomb India Private Limited Vs Assessment UnitThe Delhi High Court sets...

Nominal Index [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 68-72]Deputy Collector & Anr. Versus Meera S. Desai & Anr 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 68NEPRA Resources Management Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. Vs State of Gujarat & Anr. 2024...

Remediation plans for Union Carbides Filmont landfill in South Charleston are unclear as a federal judge decides how to apportion damages for unlawful discharges from the landfill. The Courtland Company alleges Carbide is liable for a $1.4 billion penalty for decades of unpermitted discharges, while the United States Environmental Protection Agency says the site under state Department of Environmental Protection oversight is in the early stages of Superfund consideration.

This hurricane season, the Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste Management (DSWM) offers tips to residents on how to prepare their lawn ahead of any possible storm. DSWM customers can use one of the 13 Neighborhood Trash and Recycling Centers (TRCs) throughout Miami-Dade County as often as needed. Tree trimmings, old lawn furniture, small amounts

Athens County Children Services Board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 4 p.m. Monday at 14 Stonybrook Drive, Athens. For information, call Otis Crockron at (740) 592-3061.The Athens-Hocking Solid

The city has violated a court order and its own policies by discarding the personal property of thousands of homeless people, who have lost medications, birth certificates, IDs, treasured family photos and the ashes of loved ones.

New Mexico In Depth co-published this story produced by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive their stories in your inbox every week. On a recent morning, Christian Smith ran an errand, leaving a shopping cart carrying everything she […]

People have lost medications, birth certificates, IDs, treasured family photos and the ashes of loved ones