STEMming brain drain in COVID-19 era
Brain drain is likely to re-emerge as an important conflict of interest between source and recipient countries
What is ‘heat dome’, the phenomenon causing record temperatures across US?
‘Heat domes’ have also been associated with unusually warm periods in India, Bangladesh, China and some other Asian countries
Here is all you need to know about debt-for-climate swaps
Offering debt relief in lieu of climate action could allow rich countries to pay for their acts of historical injustice, while helping the poor …
UN 2023 Water Conference ends with over 700 commitments to make world water-secure
The event was attended by 10,000 participants at the UN headquarter and online, a statment claimed
UN 2023 Water Conference: Humanity draining its own lifeblood through ‘vampiric overconsumption’, says Guterres
Humans have broken the water cycle, destroyed ecosystems and contaminated groundwater, Antonio Guterres noted
Pharma’s dirty deals to stall generics
As generic companies, including Indian firms, collude with innovator pharma giants in pay-for-delay pacts, consumers pay a high price
COVID-19: India set to overtake China's total tally
Country to be among the most affected; upward trend in number of deaths, infections continue
Combating fall armyworm attack amid confluence of challenges in Africa
The fall armyworm menace cost African farmers 40 per cent of their harvest in 2018. Amid COVID-19 spread, controlling the pest has become …
Pure patriarchy: Hymenoplasty commodifies women, breaches privacy rights
Women are expected to retain their virginity prior to marriage and continue to be subjected to the patriarchal doctrine of the Indian society
Only science can help the world achieve sustainable development: UN Report
It says the current development model is not sustainable and only a fundamental and urgent change in the relationship between people and nature …
Karnataka’s Pavagada shows a way amid criticism for solar power at UNCCD COP14
Solar most land-hungry among green power sources, claims report released at Delhi event to fight desertification
Indigenous people not given their due for conserving forests: UNCCD report
The report says that despite them being the best custodians of forests globally, indigenous people are criminalised and intimidated
305 million African children will be living in extreme poverty by 2030: Report
New British think tank report suggests cash transfers, access to basic services and redistributive public finance can help in curtailing child poverty
What is an inverted yield curve? Why is it panicking markets, and why is there talk of recession?
The yield curve is a graph showing the relationship between interest rates earned on lending money for different durations
Digital solutions could be key to end hunger in Africa: Report
Digitalisation for agriculture can increase agricultural output, raise employment opportunities
Air pollution causes 7 million premature deaths every year: UN expert
David Boyd, special rapporteur on human rights and environment, urges countries to beat pollution and hence not violate people’s rights to …
World is at risk if anti-abortion laws are made stronger in the US
The Alabama Human Life Protection Act was supported by more than 20 male senators in a state, where women make up 51.5 per cent of the population
UN Environment Assembly focuses on moving faster towards Sustainable Development Goals
Ministers and delegates from 170 countries put their minds together to set global Green agenda
The wise debate
As the world debates the effectiveness of industrialised agriculture, the good-old small farmer emerges victorious
Some good news for beleaguered Vaquita and Sumatran Rhino
While the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld a preliminary ban on Mexican seafood imports to save the Vaquita, the first wild …
Pollution in cities damaging insects and ecosystems: study
Research reveals plants and insects exposed to high levels of nitrogen dioxide–a major component of smog–produce more defensive …
Trophy hunters take aim at Yellowstone’s Grizzly Bears
Last summer, the Trump administration removed the bears off the Endangered Species Act list of threatened species, paving the way for states to …
India’s very own Dust Bowl
Rising temperatures, changing weather patterns, depleting groundwater, unsustainable agriculture and deforestation are turning large parts of …
Big business, children join Oceans Day celebration
The presence of big business representatives at the conference is significant to ensure their participation in ocean protection
Political turmoil in 2016 can be traced back to 2008 financial crisis
Here is a highlight of key political and economic developments across the globe in 2016 and a look at future prospects