Tough Negotiations Ahead In COP27 Final Week
Climate change has reached a point where people can no longer adapt to many of the impacts. Delegates at the...
Featured
Featured posts
Emissions Projected To Spike By 6% In India
(Source: IANS) With emissions projected to increase in India by six per cent, global carbon emissions in 2022 remain at...
The Challenges Of Embankment Construction In The Sundarbans
Thirty-five-year-old Ramaprasad Maiti, a resident of a Sundarbans island, has moved houses 17 times in his lifetime as erosion tore...
The Foreign Policy Fallout Of COVID-19
Global health diplomacy is at a crossroads and the COVID-19 pandemic has made this abundantly clear. Health diplomacy — where...
Study Says Chinese Incursions Into India Are Strategically Planned
(Source: PTI) Chinese infringements into the Aksai Chin region are not random, independent events but are part of a strategically...
Global Carbon Emissions At Record Levels
Global carbon dioxide emissions from all human activities remain at record highs in 2022, and fossil fuel emissions have risen...
Gas Boom Threatens World Climate Goal
(Source: PTI) The war-inspired natural gas boom is undermining already insufficient efforts to limit future warming to just a few...
Are Women’s Rights Still Chimerical?
In the past few days, two news reports caught my attention. One of them said that women in Afghanistan have...
After Parks, Taliban Bans Afghan Women From Using Gyms
(Source: AP) The Taliban are banning women from using gyms in Afghanistan, an official in Kabul said on Thursday, the...
Melting Glaciers: Who Is Responsible?
As the world’s glaciers melt rapidly, almost without exception, the global response to this existential threat is worryingly lethargic. This...
Fed Up Young Climate Activists Say Adults Are Not Listening
(Source: AP) The climate change generation is saying officials are talking too much, listening too little and acting even less....
Major Retreat: Russia Orders Withdrawal From Ukraine’s Kherson
(Source: Reuters) Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered his troops to withdraw from the west bank of the...
Strong Likelihood Of Major Earthquake In The Himalayan Region: Scientists
(Source: PTI) Scientists on Wednesday said there is a strong possibility of a major earthquake in the Himalayan region and...
Facebook Parent Meta Cuts 11,000 Jobs
(Source: AP) Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering...
The Plight Of India’s Chinese Community
As the Cuban missile crisis gripped the world’s attention 60 years ago, a less remembered conflict broke out high in...
Loss And Damage Climbs To Official Agenda In Egypt
All participating nations at the UN summit being held in Sharm El Sheikh in eastern Egypt have agreed to place...
Climate Change To Impact Mountains, Human Activity On A Global Scale
(Source: PTI) Climate change will negatively impact mountain landscapes and human activity globally by increasing the risk of hazards such...
‘Education Not Business To Earn Profit From’
(Source: PTI) Education is not a business to earn profit from and tuition fees shall always be affordable, the Supreme...
Demonetisation: Six Years On, Jury Still Out On Its Efficacy
(Source: PTI) The jury is still out on the decision to demonetise high value currency notes on November 8, 2016,...
‘Forgot To Fill Fuel’: Priyanka On BJP’s Double Engine Govt
(Source: PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said the BJP's "double engine" government was there in Himachal Pradesh...
COP27 Opens With Little Hope Of Success
The developing world wants financing from the developed world to be the main item on the agenda at this year’s...
Farmers Say Global Food Security Is At Risk
Organisations representing over 350 million farmers and producers wrote an open letter to world leaders on Monday, warning that global...
A Year Of Extreme Weather Events Has Weighed Heavy On Agri Sector
After a difficult two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, Manjeet Singh was hopeful that 2022 would bring some cheer. A...
A Billionaire Emits A Million Times More GHGs Than Average Person
(Source: PTI) The investments of 125 of the world's richest billionaires yield an annual average of three million tonnes of...
2015-22 Likely To Be 8 Warmest Yrs On Record: WMO Report
(Source: PTI) The global mean temperature in 2022 is estimated to be 1.15 degree Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average,...
