Half the world's married women out of labour force: Report
Marriage and motherhood also ate into women's access to paid work and accompanying benefits
US, Russia, China race to develop hypersonic weapons
Weapons that travel far faster than sound may be snazzy, but what about the defence against them
Leveraging flexible investment instruments for impact
Flexible investment in the right balance can cut costs and create synergies for SDGs
African countries join hands to transform livelihoods
An Africa-led financial mechanism started in 2013 has achieved remarkable results by assisting African nations to address critical agricultural …
Translocation can stop extinction: new salamander study
A Purdue University research tracked 41 Hellbenders, a type of salamander found in the midwestern US
Indigenous peoples globally being ‘criminalised’ for defending their rights
Physical violence as well as legal prosecution is used to label defenders as ‘criminals’ and the process is becoming widespread, says …
Promotion of pesticides a global health concern: UN experts
A report recently released by United Nations calls for better national and international regulatory framework on pesticides
It’s a fallacy that all Australians have access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene
Drinking water in remote communities is contaminated with uranium, faecal bacteria and nitrates above the recommended levels
Economic Survey tells government to utilise public finance to combat climate change
Green finance from private sources is not available so the government must leverage public finance to stop global warming
Fog can be deadly, says study
Fog water contains 20 times more monomethylmercury, the most neuro-toxic form of mercury, than rain water
Simple, easy and healthy
Gujarat trader makes affordable sanitary napkins and develops India's first machine to hygienically dispose them of Darshan Desai
Is this climate justice?
India and the US talk about being climate-sensitive but do the opposite
Developed nations should invest in healthcare of poorer countries: WHO
The Addis Ababa conference from July 13 to July 16 will also pave the way for the new set of Sustainable Development Goals
High on jargon, low on justice!
A new, just and transformative world order, calls for new rules, new structures, new solidarities, new leadership. World leaders negotiating the …
Together is better
New algorithm shows how group size affects animals’ response to environmental changes
The man and his machine
Book>> The man who invented the computer • by Jane Smiley • Doubleday • Indian Price Rs 750
How eggs do it
Tiniest of errors in sex cell division can lead to abnormalities in offspring. Arshad Desai from Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego, …
Hanging by a silk
It’s flexible yet tougher than a bullet-proof jacket. Are we anywhere near deciphering the fibre?
Dorm hackers
Book>> The Accidental Billionaires, The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal • By Ben Mezrich, Doubleday &…
Germany, Denmark are top performers in Global Green Economy Index
Index measures performance of 60 countries in the global green economy
Plastic threat
Plastic toxins in oceans threaten lugworms, which recycle nutrients
No lesser evil
Superbug: India gets bugged
Government downplays threat from drug-resistant bacteria
‘See Afghans as brothers and sisters with whom we have ties since Mahabharata, not some distant aliens’
The second and final part of DTE’s interview with former ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, where he discusses the situation in Afghanistan, …
Richest 1% emit twice as much carbon as poorest 50%: Oxfam report
The richest 10% accounted for 46% of emissions growth; the poorest 50% accounted for 6%