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2023 C.E. March 14
India to sell green bonds worth $3 billion by March 2024
Green bonds are expected to play a crucial role in India working towards its ambitious goal to achieve 500 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030.
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2023 C.E. March 14
Novo Nordisk to slash U.S. insulin prices, following move by Eli Lilly
The Danish drugmaker will reduce the list price of its NovoLog insulin by 75%, and for Novolin and Levemir by 65%.
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2023 C.E. March 10
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signs order protecting rights to gender-affirming healthcare
Walz's executive order parallels legislation awaiting a floor vote in the state House to make Minnesota a "trans refuge state."
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2023 C.E. March 10
Honduran president ends ban on emergency contraception, making it widely available
For years, Honduras was the only nation in the Americas to have an absolute ban on the sale or use of emergency contraception, also known as morning-after or "Plan B" pills.
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2023 C.E. March 9
Our Ocean Conference in Panama generates $20 billion in commitments for marine protection
Participants made 341 commitments worth nearly $20 billion, including funding for expanding and improving marine protected areas and biodiversity corridors.
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2023 C.E. March 9
Breakthrough drug works against all the main types of primary bone cancer
The drug, developed by researchers at the U.K.'s University of East Anglia, increases survival rates by 50% without the need for surgery or chemotherapy.
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2023 C.E. March 8
Adani Green Energy commissions world’s largest solar-wind hybrid project in India
India’s largest renewable power generation company has announced that it successfully commissioned a 700 megawatt solar-wind hybrid project in the northern state of Rajasthan.
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2023 C.E. March 8
Saudi Arabia approves 13 new jobs for women
Among the new professions available to female domestic workers are driver, personal care worker, home tailor, home manager, private tutor and home farmer.
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2023 C.E. March 7
Remnants of two banned insecticides nearly eliminated in Great Lakes region
In 2006, the U.S. EPA banned the agricultural use of lindane, linked to anemia, lung cancer, and lymphoma. In 2010, it began to phase out endosulfan, which experts say may damage the liver and kidneys.
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2023 C.E. March 7
Over 7,500 cannabis convictions expunged in Missouri
The expungement is the latest byproduct of the constitutional amendment approved by Missouri voters, which legalized pot for adults and cleared the way for Missourians to have their records cleared.
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2023 C.E. March 14
India to sell green bonds worth $3 billion by March 2024
Green bonds are expected to play a crucial role in India working towards its ambitious goal to achieve 500 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030.
-
2023 C.E. March 14
Novo Nordisk to slash U.S. insulin prices, following move by Eli Lilly
The Danish drugmaker will reduce the list price of its NovoLog insulin by 75%, and for Novolin and Levemir by 65%.
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2023 C.E. March 10
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signs order protecting rights to gender-affirming healthcare
Walz's executive order parallels legislation awaiting a floor vote in the state House to make Minnesota a "trans refuge state."
-
2023 C.E. March 10
Honduran president ends ban on emergency contraception, making it widely available
For years, Honduras was the only nation in the Americas to have an absolute ban on the sale or use of emergency contraception, also known as morning-after or "Plan B" pills.
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2023 C.E. March 9
Our Ocean Conference in Panama generates $20 billion in commitments for marine protection
Participants made 341 commitments worth nearly $20 billion, including funding for expanding and improving marine protected areas and biodiversity corridors.
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2023 C.E. March 9
Breakthrough drug works against all the main types of primary bone cancer
The drug, developed by researchers at the U.K.'s University of East Anglia, increases survival rates by 50% without the need for surgery or chemotherapy.
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2023 C.E. March 8
Adani Green Energy commissions world’s largest solar-wind hybrid project in India
India’s largest renewable power generation company has announced that it successfully commissioned a 700 megawatt solar-wind hybrid project in the northern state of Rajasthan.
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2023 C.E. March 8
Saudi Arabia approves 13 new jobs for women
Among the new professions available to female domestic workers are driver, personal care worker, home tailor, home manager, private tutor and home farmer.
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2023 C.E. March 7
Remnants of two banned insecticides nearly eliminated in Great Lakes region
In 2006, the U.S. EPA banned the agricultural use of lindane, linked to anemia, lung cancer, and lymphoma. In 2010, it began to phase out endosulfan, which experts say may damage the liver and kidneys.
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2023 C.E. March 7
Over 7,500 cannabis convictions expunged in Missouri
The expungement is the latest byproduct of the constitutional amendment approved by Missouri voters, which legalized pot for adults and cleared the way for Missourians to have their records cleared.