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Sustainable Development

Surgical Anesthesia May Act As Greenhouse Gases, Contributing To Global Warming

Releases of anesthetic gases are beginning to accumulate in the earth’s atmosphere in increasing amounts, contributing on a small scale to climate change. According t...

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Sustainable Development

The Real Value Of Investing In Sustainability

Marina Bay Sands, which owns Singapore’s largest hotel by number of rooms, has sustainability ingrained in employees since day one. Its efforts at reducing waste and ...

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Sustainable Development

Health sustainable development goal must tackle inequity head on to succeed

Last month’s intergovernmental negotiations in New York put the spotlight back on the proposed sustainable development goals (SDGs) and how to measure their impact.It...

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Sustainable Development

China?s Pollution Assault Boosting Solar, Electric Vehicles

Tata Power Delhi Distribution (TPDDL) has won the ‘Innovation for India Awards 2014’, under Business Category, for developing tamper evident and defraud electri...

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Hollywood

Connie Britton Named As United Nations Development Programme Ambassador

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has appointed American actress Connie Britton as its newest Goodwill Ambassador, with a special focus on poverty eradication...

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Trending

Let’s Talk Health: ‘Tobacco-induced Cancers’

CNN-IBN, India’s most awarded English news channel, in collaboration with the Apollo Hospitals presents ‘Let’s Talk Health’ – a unique show th...

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Thought Factory

NOW ART FITS TO COLUMNS OF EXCEL SHEETS!

In the last week I happened to spend an evening with relatives who were visiting Mumbai from Jammu; my hometown and the place I took birth in. It’s a no-brainer that ...

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Thought Factory

TRADITION - BOON OR BANE

Tradition is a word that almost all Indians have grown up hearing. "India is a land of tradition", "our traditions date back to the earliest forms of civilisation", are jus...

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Health

Political Apathy, Unplanned Urbanisation Make Vector-Borne Diseases Hard To Control in India

Only 60 per cent of the total plan outlay for vector-borne diseases spent between 2007 to2013; lack of co-ordination between ministries and state agencies a major hurdle in...

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Environment

March Had Lowest Air Pollution In 4 Years, IITM Scientists Say

This March recorded the lowest particulate matter (PM2.5) levels-fine, respirable pollutants-in the past four years. While this could seem like a relief at the moment, scie...

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