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Health

Agri-mechanical hubs to promote intensive farming in Bengal

Crop diversification gives a wider choice in the production of a variety of crops in a given area. This expands production related activities on various crops and also lowe...

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Sustainable Development

Ban Ki-moon Calls for Sustainable Industrial Development, Jobs for Young People

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday outlined a four-point plan aimed at achieving sustainable industrial development, which includes generating mor e jobs for young...

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Environment

Air pollution caused fall in monsoon rains, says study

Emissions produced by human activity over the past 50 years have caused decline of the annual monsoon rainfall, on which billions of people - including in India - depend, a...

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Environment

Beyond politics: how finance can influence climate change in Australia

With political action on climate change stuck in reverse gear, investor responses and public action is where the power lies When protestors start occupying the offices of p...

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Sustainable Development

On World Day, UN spotlights tourism’s role in promoting sustainable development

In harnessing the benefits of global tourism, the international community will take “critical” steps forward in advancing the United Nations’ sustainable ...

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Environment

Climate change could see rise of violent conflict in India, warns new report

A new report from the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University warns that India is vulnerable to ?climate conflict?, due to climate change having an impa...

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Sustainable Development

Can the world meet its hunger reduction target?

One in every nine persons in the world goes hungry: UN State of Food Insecurity Report Asia houses 526 million of the 805 million chronically undernourished people in the w...

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Environment

India has a leading role in the global fight against climate change

On the occasion of the first Joint Climate Diplomacy Day, British Deputy High Commission, Alliance Francaise, and the German Embassy, organised a panel discussion on climat...

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Environment

India's 'Climate Smart' Villages Target Sustainable Agriculture

Scientists warn that agriculture around the world can be significantly affected by climate change, and are now teaching farmers new technologies to adapt. At one ?climate s...

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Environment

India Green News: Solar, Wind Potential Receive Investment Interest; Governments Tackle Climate Change

Ahead of the UN climate summit which is to be organized in New York on September 23 to give a political push to future negotiations, Indian scientists on Friday emphasized ...

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