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Environment

Robert Redford Sees 'Last Chance' To Fix Climate.

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Robert Redford told the United Nations on Monday that negotiations on a global deal to tackle climate change could be the world's "la...

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Environment

Inter-Religious March In Rome Demands Action On Climate Change

Several thousand Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and Moslems marched through Rome to the Vatican on Sunday to demand action on climate change and thank Pope...

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Environment

The World Is Running Out of Water

Humans are depleting underground aquifers around the world at alarming rates, threatening hundreds of millions of people who rely on them for survival, according to a compr...

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Health

Government to form labour room guidelines to reduce Maternal Mortality Rates

NEW DELHI: Government is forming guidelines for labour rooms in hospitals as part of its efforts to reduce the maternal mortality rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR)...

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Health

World Health Statistics Reports On Global Health Goals For 194 Countries

13 MAY 2015 | GENEVA - 2015 is the final year for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ??goals set by governments in 2000 to guide global efforts to end p...

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Environment

Here's Why Dolphins Continue to Die in the Gulf of Mexico

Researchers say they've now firmly connected the high rates of dolphin deaths seen in the northern Gulf of Mexico to the 5-year-old Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which damag...

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Environment

Supporters Of A UN Climate Pact Say It’s An Economic Issue — Not Just a Moral One

It's the Holy Grail of climate change ? reducing fossil-fuel emissions without slashing the growth needed to lift billions of the world's people out of poverty. With the cl...

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Hollywood

Elton John And Michael Stipe Write About Plight Of Transgender Inmates In Prison

Last month, Elton John and musician, activist, and Elton John AIDS Foundation ally Michael Stipe, published an op-ed in the The Guardian about the horrific conditions faced...

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Environment

Tensions Ramp Up Over Proposed Energy East Pipeline In Canada

North America's longest proposed pipeline is facing a new hurdle after a coalition of Canadian environmental groups sent a letter today slamming the project as a "fiasco" a...

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Sustainable Development

India’s New Economic Model: Sustainable Development The Buddhist Way

Over 2500 years ago, Siddharth Gautam, a 29 year old man from India undertook a spiritual quest. His 6-year-old journey took him from Kapilvastu, then in India, to Bodh Gay...

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