The twin challenges of poverty & hunger
Goals 1 and 2 of the UNs Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) envision eradicating poverty and ending hunger in an extreme form in the world by […]
Development News
‘15% of country’s population undernourished’
AURANGABAD: Highlighting the grim picture of farmers’ suicide placed by the NCRB data – stating that so far about 3,08,826 farmers committed suicide from 1995-2014 […]
In India, farmers can now hail a tractor with an Uber-like app
An Indian company has adopted an Uber-like business plan to solve a problem unique to many Indian farmers: The lack of access to cheap tractors. […]
Ensuring equal opportunities in education in India
Law Quest and Dentons teamed up with Sol’s Arc, India’s first parallel school offering special education, to extend educational concessions for children with disabilities in […]
Insurers call climate change the ‘mother of all risks’
The UK is set to miss a hardly ambitious target of providing 15 per cent of the country’s energy needs from renewable sources by 2020, […]
India has 60 million mental patients, inadequate staff, medical facilities for treatment
Punjab has a startling number of more than 1.9 million people with mental illness, of the 60 million plus Indians — a number more than […]
Cerner opens on-site health center for employees in India
Cerner has opened Healthe at Cerner Center at its Manyata campus in Bangalore, India – giving more than 2,200 associates access to the clinic, which […]
Bijli, sadak, paani and bustard
Bijli-sadak-paani are the basic needs for a decent quality of rural life. Villages in the remote grasslands and deserts of India have long suffered and […]
Nuclear test by North Korea to adversely impact peace and stability in the region: India
“India deplores the nuclear test conducted by the DPRK this morning. It is a matter of grave concern that DPRK has again acted in violation […]
ASEAN: India emphasised on peaceful resolution of South China Sea dispute
India emphasised on the importance of maintaining peace, security and stability, unimpeded commerce, freedom of navigation and overflight above the disputed South China Sea at […]