A bid to link climate change to human rights

In March 2012, President Anote Tong of Kiribati, an archipelago nation in the Pacific, informed international journalists that his Cabinet has endorsed a plan to buy 6,000 ...

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...

Aamir Khan attacks fake charity appeal using his name

Aamir Khan has criticised a “malicious” fake charity appeal which claims links to his TV show Satyamev Jayate. The actor and television host said that donation ...

MMR vaccine linked to lower rate of infection-related hospital admissions

In a nationwide group of Danish children, receipt of the live measles, mumps, andrubella (MMR) vaccine on schedule after vaccination for other common infections was associa...

Bill Clinton Praises Ukrainian Protesters During Hollywood Charity Event

Former President Bill Clinton continued to voice support for the non-violent Ukrainian protesters at a Hollywood charity awards ceremony on Thursday, linking their peaceful...

Climate change linked to Indus civilization decline 4,100 years ago

A new study has suggested that climate change may have contributed to the decline of a city-dwelling civilization in Pakistan and India 4,100 years ago.

Scientists ...

How climate change destroys human rights

Environmental destruction caused by people is poised to become the “most massive human rights violation ever”. In a 2012 interview, Oregon State University phil...

Kunal Kapoor's portal to work for animal welfare, environment

Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) Actor Kunal Kapoor’s online crowd-fund raising portal “Ketto” will focus on gathering contributions for animal welfare and environm...

Deaths caused by heat will rise to average of 7,000 a year in 2050

The number of deaths caused by extreme heat in the UK will more than treble by the middle of the century as a result of climate change and population growth, experts have s...