UN Economic and Social Council set to tackle new sustainable development agenda

The United Nations Economic and Social Council has embarked on a timely slate of far-reaching reforms that will make it a stronger, more issues-oriented body, as Secretary-...

In 2000, the UN set eight goals that changed the world. They expire in 2015, what next?

AN UNCERTAIN BEGINNING

Although it was several years ago, I still remember how Melinda and I felt when we learned about the Millennium Development Goals. We were ho...

Investors ask fossil fuel companies to assess how business plans fare in low-carbon future.

BOSTON, MA Oct 24, 2013:
A group of 70 global investors managing more than $3 trillion of collective assets today launched the first-ever coordinated effort to spur 45...

Day 4 of the 15th Mumbai Film Festival Enchants All

Mumbai, October 20, 2013: Coupled with the spectacular lineup of films, the weekend brought in huge numbers on Day 4 of the 15^th edition of the ...

With over 400 people being rescued just south of Sicily in 2 days, the Mediterranean Migrant Crisis is worse than it has ever been, with government officials going as far as to call the Mediterranean a ‘cemetery’

Italy and Malta pressed European partners on Saturday to do more to stop a migrant crisis which the Maltese prime minister said was turning the Mediterranean into a “...

Courting' controversy

India has been witnessing a rising trend of judicial intervention and directives in cases involving a face-off between large institutional project...

Health Equity in Post 2015 Development Agenda

This Beyond 2015 position paper for the thematic UN consultation on “Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda” was drafted by a broad team of health advocates...

Pupils of a lesser God

Zuhaib, a student of mass communication at Jamia Millia Islamia University says that because of the lockdown all his classes are now online. Hi...

National Museum of Indian Cinema inaugurated in Mumbai

In the recent days, Bollywood celebrities were flying on and off for a meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss the issues on reducing GST on...