How antimicrobial resistance and zoonoses are linked

AMR and its relationship to human and animal morbidity is one of the biggest challenges facing modern medicine

One-Health action is a must to slow down AMR chronic pandemic

The world can't contain antimicrobial resistance unless stakeholders from all sectors such as human and animal healths, environment, crops, food …

कोविड-19 की वजह से खसरा और पोलियो का टीकाकरण रुका

यूनिसेफ और डब्ल्यूएचओ ने चेताया है कि कोविड-19 महामारी के कारण कुछ देशों में टीकाकरण की दर में 50 प्रतिशत तक की गिरावट आई ...

गरीबी कम करने में सिएरा लियोन से सबक ले सकती है दुनिया

हालिया वैश्विक बहुआयामी गरीबी सूचकांक कहता है कि इस गरीब अल्पविकसित देश ने इबोला से लड़ते हुए भी समग्र गरीबी सबसे तेजी से कम ...

दक्षिण एशिया में एक साल में 8.81 लाख बच्चों की हो सकती है मौत: यूनिसेफ

यूनिसेफ की 23 जून की रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि कोविड-19 के कारण दक्षिण एशिया में गरीब बच्चों की संख्या 24 करोड़ से ...

How India remains poor: As many as 22 states have become poorer

Latest NITI Aayog counts no state as ‘achiever’; overall performance of most ‘performing’, ‘laggard’ states …

भारत में भूख का स्तर गंभीर

12 अक्टूबर को जारी वैश्विक भूख सूचकांक बताता है कि देश में भूख और कुपोषण की समस्याएं व्यापक स्तर पर फैली हुई हैं। 

जलवायु आपातकाल, कॉप-25: एक डिग्री तापमान बढ़ने से पिघल गई खरबों टन बर्फ

वैश्विक जलवायु सम्मेलन (कॉप-25) में जलवायु परिवर्तन के असर का अलग-अलग आधार पर आकलन किया जा रहा है। आइए, जानते हैं कि कॉप-1 से ...

Should fat cats guard the cream?

Industrialised countries want to monitor their own compliance to the Kyoto Protocol.

Natural disasters may displace 22 mn by 2019 end: Report

More than 10 million people have been displaced between January and June 2019 due to extreme weather events and conflict and violence 

Holistic approach could be key to curb climate change: Experts

Different aspect of climate change should not be taken in isolation rather the time has come to find solutions holistically

Talks on global plan to protect biodiversity begin in Nairobi

The meet is the first step towards adopting a new global framework on biodiversity post 2020

Climate change can trip small island states enroute SDGs: UN

These nations emit just a per cent to total greenhouse gas, but are most vulnerable to climate change

Nordic nations call for a global treaty to reduce marine plastic pollution

This move may also help the world achieve a Sustainable Development Goal, the deadline of which is just six years away

Premise of SC ruling on forest dwellers wrong: UN Special Rapporteur

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, says tribals are treated like squatters all around the world

With GCF becoming headless, future of global climate finance does not look promising

Howard Bamsey resigned abruptly after a 'disappointing' meeting on expansion of GCF-funded projects

People's participation in formulating India's annual budget is negligible

"The officials just heard our points; they did not ask any questions," says an activist about a pre-budget meeting held December 6, 2017 to …

Cost of importing food is expected to rise 6% in 2017

The global food import bill is rising despite robust output in 2017, says UN

First white paper for holistic flood preparation in the works

Paper will be the outcome of a workshop organised recently to deliberate on India’s flood preparedness

Deadly dam burst in Brazil puts mining company under scanner

Brazil’s Federal Police accuse mining company Samarco of wilful misconduct in relation to a deadly dam burst in November 2015

Adaptation finance for agriculture is the need of the hour

Efforts for adaptation finance will have to be multiplied greatly as the needs of today are not being met, leave alone the needs of a more …

Asian cities to be worst hit by climate change

Governments are finding it difficult to cope with the swelling population

UN Climate Summit 2014 pledges to end forest loss by 2030

Governments, MNCs, civil society agree to cut the rate of forest loss to half by 2020

UN concerned over violation of rights due to international trade agreements

They feel that certain provisions in these agreements cater 'to the business interests of pharmaceutical monopolies', which are making medicines …

Children worst hit by Nepal earthquake

According to UNICEF, at least 94,000 children are currently living in areas severely affected by the earthquake