Drought followed by brain: How climate change spurred evolution of human intelligence

Scientists show shifts from dry to wet and back in East Africa’s Rift Valley caused the development of the human brain.

Humans evolved their ...

Intangible cultural heritage: A force for sustainable development

No society can flourish without culture – and no development can be sustainable without it. Culture holds answers to many of the challenges societies face today. Awar...

BCC aims to better position, represent women in programming

She is one of the BBC’s most senior female executives, and although this in itself wouldn’t necessarily mean that Liliane Landor is particularly concerned about...

The Political Debate: Morality vs Growth

Never has Indian society been more bipolar than with its reaction towards Nerendra Modi. It is rare to find anyone that has a neutral opinion about him. His supporters proj...

Shahid Review

A wonderfully directed biopic, Shahid talks about the life of lawyer and human rights activist Shahid Azmi who was slain by anti social elements i...

RBI’s new governor Raghuram Rajan in his first round of media interviews made his intentions clear on restructuring the loans of the many non performing assets

Last week, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan, in his first round of customary media interviews after taking charge, let slip a warning that chronic corpor...

Is America Disinventing Human Rights? By Professor Alemayehu G Mariam

In his 1981 farewell speech, President Jimmy Carter said, “America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way round. Human rights invented...

Health Equity in Post 2015 Development Agenda

This Beyond 2015 position paper for the thematic UN consultation on “Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda” was drafted by a broad team of health advocates...

There’s still hope: An introduction to India’s healthcare initiatives

Dr Poonam Kuruganti August 17, 2012 at 7:58 pm

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