Combating fall armyworm attack amid confluence of challenges in Africa

The fall armyworm menace cost African farmers 40 per cent of their harvest in 2018. Amid COVID-19 spread, controlling the pest has become …

COVID-19: UNHRC, WWF raise concerns about increasing inequalities due to pandemic

The world must aim clearly at a green, equitable and resilient recovery, they said

अक्षरश: पढ़िए ग्रेटा थनबर्ग का भाषण

पर्यावरण कार्यकर्ता ग्रेटा थनबर्ग यूएन में क्यों हो गई भावुक और उन्होंने दुनिया के नेताओं को क्या कहा? यहां पढिए पूरा भाषण।  

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नाइजीरिया चारकोल की मांग पूरी करने के लिए ऊष्णकटिबंधीय वन तेजी से खोता जा रहा है। इस सस्ते ईंधन ने देश की जैव विविधता ...

The US makes its play

Hillary Clinton proposes a Copenhagen outcome that looks nothing like the AWG texts being negotiated by parties

US unwilling to yield an inch

President Obama delivers a profoundly (but perhaps predictably) disappointing speech in Copenhagen

Deal or No Deal

Governments are scheduled to meet in Marrakech later this month to further the Kyoto process, designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in …

Factsheet: Who is emitting what

As per the latest data, China, comprised of 19.2 percent of the world’s population, was the  world’s leading emitter of …

Factsheet: Who is emitting?

As per analysis of the Washington DC-based global research organisation World Resources Institute (WRI) for 2011, China, comprising almost 20 per …

प्लास्टिक कचरे से निपटने के लिए एकजुट हुए 180 देश, भारत के प्रयासों की सराहना

संयुक्त राष्ट्र के देशों ने मिलकर प्लास्टिक कचरे का बड़ा कारण बन रहे पीएफओए पर वैश्विक प्रतिबंध लगाने के प्रस्ताव को मंजूरी दी है। 

Pure patriarchy: Hymenoplasty commodifies women, breaches privacy rights

Women are expected to retain their virginity prior to marriage and continue to be subjected to the patriarchal doctrine of the Indian society

Need public spending to fund Sustainable Development Goals: UNCTAD

'Fund poor, developing countries; lend easy to low-income economies'

Only science can help the world achieve sustainable development: UN Report

It says the current development model is not sustainable and only a fundamental and urgent change in the relationship between people and nature …

Vaping likely has dangers that could take years for scientists to even know about

Many people don’t even know what these vaping devices contain

जग बीती: धरती पर चांद!

Karnataka’s Pavagada shows a way amid criticism for solar power at UNCCD COP14

Solar most land-hungry among green power sources, claims report released at Delhi event to fight desertification

Indigenous people not given their due for conserving forests: UNCCD report

The report says that despite them being the best custodians of forests globally, indigenous people are criminalised and intimidated

305 million African children will be living in extreme poverty by 2030: Report

New British think tank report suggests cash transfers, access to basic services and redistributive public finance can help in curtailing child poverty

What is an inverted yield curve? Why is it panicking markets, and why is there talk of recession?

The yield curve is a graph showing the relationship between interest rates earned on lending money for different durations

Boris Johnson by numbers: the next UK prime minister's career summed up

Here’s a breakdown of the numbers that have characterised his career to date

Every third child in the world is poor: UN

Children are more prone to poverty than adults across the world

Digital solutions could be key to end hunger in Africa: Report

Digitalisation for agriculture can increase agricultural output, raise employment opportunities

Air pollution causes 7 million premature deaths every year: UN expert

David Boyd, special rapporteur on human rights and environment, urges countries to beat pollution and hence not violate people’s rights to …

World is at risk if anti-abortion laws are made stronger in the US

The Alabama Human Life Protection Act was supported by more than 20 male senators in a state, where women make up 51.5 per cent of the population

India gets re-elected as observer to Arctic Council

China, South Korea, Singapore, Italy and Japan also have Observer status at the Council