Q&A with Joy Lawn: Kangaroo Mother Care

A mother’s touch really cam save a child’s life. That’s the claim behind Kangaroo Mother Care. It’s when a pre-term or low weight baby is literally ...

The Writer and Publisher: No Holy Marriage This!

When a writer is attacked or hauled to court, who really stays on for the good fight? Author MURZBAN SHROFF breaks his silence.

To all you writers or independent pu...

Agroforestry in India: new national policy sets the bar high

Over 1,000 delegates from 80 countries gathered between 10-14 February for the World Congress of Agroforestry. Held in New Delhi, India, the congress brought together leadi...

Climate Change Threatens the Future of the Winter Olympics

A couple of months before the Winter Olympics kicked off in Sochi, Russian organizers called upon shamans to pray for snow. During the snowy opening ceremonies, it seemed t...

British Floods, California Drought: A Connection?

This winter, weather reports have been full of extremes. California, for instance, has had the driest year in 119 years of recordkeeping, with the Sierra snowpack less than...

Nuclear Plants To Power Sustainable Development

Forgotten is the shock and despair triggered by the Fukushima power plant disaster about two years ago. Nuclear power is here to stay. In fact, according to a consensus eme...

Polio-free India to get WHO certification

As India celebrates its victory over polio — completing three years without any case of the debilitating infection — the nation becomes entitled to polio-free c...

Prince Charles unveils plan to launch charity for South Asia

Britain’s future king Prince Charles has endorsed his commitment to charity projects in countries like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with a plan to launch a charity f...

CDA anti-polio campaign to begin on 24th

Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Maroof Afzal said on Tuesday that eradication of polio is a national duty and the CDA will perform this duty as a sanctified ca...