Global triggers: Why these five big issues could cause significant problems in 2024

Trends of global power tensions, open war, democratic decline and extreme job market fluctuations are likely to continue in 2024

In pursuit of gender equality: Interpreting India’s changing sex ratio & strategies to adopt

While recent improvements are noteworthy, we are far from winning the battle for gender equality

Simply Put: International Tiger Day 2023

Simply Put: Home delivery of a river

Chinese private security firms are growing their presence in Africa: Why it matters

Trend has been seen in Mali, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania

Investment in care services can generate 234 million jobs for women by 2035, says ILO

An annual investment of $5.4 trillion will be required to generate these jobs

IISF 2019: Science should be inventive and innovative, says PM Modi

The four-day event began in Kolkata on November 5

Sinking atoll

Maldives president concerned over global warming

Acting tough?

Blair resolves to push Bush on climate change

Obama wins

World Wildlife Day 2023: A former secretary-general of CITES reviews 50 years of the Convention

CITES was designed 50 years ago to regulate trade in certain species, not fight transnational organised crime. We must now embed tackling it into …

Stringent emissions standard for all future aircraft close to adoption

The proposed standard is particularly directed at larger aircraft which account for more than 90 per cent of emissions from …

International Day for Vulture Awareness 2023: Are these magnificent birds really safe?

While the recent ban on aceclofenac and ketoprofen is undoubtedly a significant step forward, the battle for vulture conservation is far from won

Consider setting up one exclusive shop for millets in every district: Panel to Centre

Recommendations to give impetus to consumption of coarse grains and millet-based food products

Over half of world’s child trafficking victims trafficked within own country: Report

Analysis recommends engagement in special cooperative measures on counter-trafficking and climate change, as well as on crisis preparedness and …

IUCN urges Europe to implement nature restoration law

Failing to spend on nature restoration can inflict long-term economic impacts, warns IUCN

Millets can assist India in generating revenue through carbon trading

Emergent demand for food in light of an ecological crisis inflicted by industrialised countries will only contribute to shortages, rising food …

Fast fashion still comes with deadly risks, 10 years after the Rana Plaza disaster — the industry’s many moving pieces make it easy to cut corners

Garments traverse a complex global supply network by the time they reach stores thousands of miles away. Workers are trapped & exploited in …

Global annual output growth to drop to 1.9 per cent in 2023, courtesy Ukraine, COVID-19

Growth in India expected to remain strong at 5.8 per cent, albeit lower than 6.4 per cent in 2022, according to new UN report  

Sixth Extinction? Over 150,000 species vanished in last 500 years

Nearly half of 177 mammal species surveyed lost more than 80% of their distribution between 1900 and 2015

The World Bank and IMF are using flawed logic in their quest to do away with the informal sector

What’s put forward as pro-poor interventions in the reports in fact risk actively increasing inequality and further disadvantaging …

As cobalt demand booms, companies must do more to protect Congolese miners

Mining method adopted in Congo comes with major human rights risks such as child labour and dangerous working conditions. Fatal accidents in …

EU conference tomorrow to give voice to indigenous people on protected areas

Comes against push by European Union, United Nations to turn 30% of world’s surface by 2030 into protected areas, which can make indigenous …

Climate change: Will it spur the next financial crisis

BIS, the umbrella organisation of central banks, recently warned on global financial stability

List of threatened species gets longer a year before prevention target

International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List shows that every fifth species is threatened with extinction