Stress on developing climate-resistant crops

With global warming increasingly influencing the climate pattern, government agencies and policymakers should adopt proactive short and long-term strategies to mitigate the...

Why is there still no World Environment Organisation?

It seems an anomaly that among the 15 autonomous, specialized agencies within the United Nations – such as the FAO, WMO, WHO, or UNESCO – there is no dedicated ...

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...

SDFN to observe World Water Day 2014

KOHIMA: Sustainable Development Forum Nagaland (SDFN) in collaboration with Regional Centre of National A forestation and Eco-development Board, Shillong, Department of Soi...

Anti-polio drive launched in NW Pakistan

Pakistani authorities today launched an anti-polio drive aimed at covering over 700,000 children in the tribal areas and frontier regions of the country’s northwest.<...

No relief for Earth’s warming trend in 2013, studies find

The average temperature of Earth maintained its warming trend in 2013, despite seasonal and regional variations that included a shrinking ice cap in the Arctic and a massiv...

SARHAD – BOUNDARIES AND BARBWIRES

Synopsis

Whether it is between nations, states or around one’s personal homes, boundaries are always thorny issues. What happens when brut...

A New Vision for News Media

Imagine a world where stories published by the media were measured by their impact and outcome on their audiences versus just merely eyeballs and ratings.

The Media...

From Plates that Grow Food to Certified Cocoa: UN Awards Innovative Green Enterprises at Green Economy Symposium

Fully biodegradable plates implanted with organic seeds in Colombia to provide food after use, a social media website to promote car-sharing in Viet Nam,certified cocoa for...