Panels Should Be Proactive In Curbing Child Rights Violations

With crimes against children rising every year, a senior Supreme Court judge has urged the national and the state commissions for protection of child rights to play a proac...

The United Nations Wants To Crush Extreme Poverty

Negotiators at the United Nations agreed Monday to a set of development goals that aim to end extreme poverty and hunger around the world in the next 15 years, while fighti...

Hear The Poor Cry

A Very significant document has come out. It is a letter from Pope Francis addressed to everyone on this planet.

Pope Francis is head of the world’s largest r...

Why The Sustainable Development Goals Matter

Following the progress made under the Millennium Development Goals, which guided global development efforts in the years 2000-2015, the world’s governments are curren...

Dealing with climate change

Curbing the emission of industrial greenhouse gases will save the lives of millions of people around the world, writes the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ...

Most infant deaths in India occur on first day of birth

In spite of reducing child mortality, deaths of infants in India on the first day of birth is still way too high and likely to hamper it from achieving the millennium devel...

China Releases Blueprint for Adapting to Climate Change

China issued its first nation-wide blueprintfor adapting to climate change, as governments around the world shift their efforts from focusing solely on curbing global warmi...

Herbal Supplements Are Often Not What They Seem

Americans spend an estimated $5 billion a year on unproven herbal supplements that promise everything from fighting off colds to curbing hot flashes and boosting memory. Bu...

While Congress sleeps

Barack Obama offers stopgap measures to slow global warming

Jun 29th 2013 | WASHINGTON, DC |Read More