India should turn to renewable sources of energy

Should Western countries be forced to pay more attention to reducing carbon footprint than countries like India, as the developed world has contributed more towards damagin...

Celina Jaitley to be a part of UN's 'Bollywood style' LGBT campaign

Actress and activist, former beauty queen Celina Jaitley, will star in United Nation’s ‘Bollywood style’ global human rights campaign launching on April 3...

Women's natural role overlooked in India

“You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women,” said Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India. The empowerment...

Climate change's potential impact must figure in food production efforts

Countries need to shift to more sustainable food systems, stepping up action to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change, FAO Director-General Jos? Graziano da S...

Bring sustainable energy to the developing world

Investment and policies must support cheap, clean energy technologies to cut both poverty and climate changes say Reid Detchon and Richenda Van Leeuwen. More than one-third...

Climate change report: reactions to the final instalment of the IPCC analysis

The final UN report on climate change was released today. We round up some of the reactions from business to academia Solar power plant at Sanlucar la Mayor, Spain.

Gajra Kottary: A Woman Of Substance

“Neither yours nor mine, all the world’s children are ours. Let us give every child what she deserves and help build her today and our tomorrow.”...

Most Ratified Human Rights Treaty is 25 Years Old

Augustine J. Veliath invites writers everywhere to own and use this powerful tool, the CRC.

Nearly 25 years ago, the world made a promise to childr...

Domestic market driver of India's economic development

India has crucially placed the domestic market as the driver of its economic development, which strategy is also a major prescription for sustainable recovery of the global...