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Global debt crisis: Nations spending more on interest payment than education & health

India, June 6 -- In Africa the per capita spending on interest is US$70, which ishigher than US$60 per capita for education and US$39 for health With hardly six years left for the Sustainable Develop... Read More


World Environment Day 2024: Effective faecal sludge management can help address sanitation woes in Ethiopia

India, June 5 -- Improving WASH is crucial for both public health and environmental sustainability in Africa's second largest country As emerging economies in Africa rise through the ranks in their s... Read More


World Environment Day 2024: Youths should be harbingers of change, not passive spectators in combating climate crisis

India, June 5 -- Odisha's Advika initiative helps inculcate environment-friendly values amongst adolescents; such initiatives should be launched nationally to ensure young people are empowered warrior... Read More


Verdict 2024: Ignoring farmers' demands & police action over power plant land compensation cost BJP Buxar Lok Sabha seat

India, June 5 -- Protests over power plant land acquisition shifted voters' favour to RJD candidate and farmers' rights advocate Sudhakar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) handling of a contentiou... Read More


Verdict 2024: Farmers' angst clearly caused BJP's retreat from India's agrarian belt

India, June 5 -- The lacklustre performance of BJP in the agrarian belt of Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh is being attributed to the rising disappointment amongst the farming communities T... Read More


Verdict 2024: Poll results in Maharashtra's onion belt reflect farmer fury for BJP

India, June 5 -- The NDA has lost 12 seats in the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies with the highest concentration of onion farmers The onion, once again, has proven to be more than just a kitchen staple -... Read More


'Climate crunch time': Battle to secure planet's future will be won or lost in next 18 months, says Antonio Guterres

India, June 5 -- UN chief urges countries to slash emissions, protect people and nature from climate extremes, boost climate finance and clamp down on fossil fuel industry Humanity is playing Russian... Read More


Bonn Climate Conference 2024: Stage set for new climate finance goal enroute to Baku

India, June 5 -- Experts and diplomats met for the second round of this year's technical discussions on the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance The 60th Session of United Nations Framew... Read More


World Environment Day 2024: India needs new imagination in design of its development schemes, says Sunita Narain

India, June 5 -- Ground-level governance institutions must be strengthened, in addition to allowing increased feedback and accountability India, which elected a new Lower House of Parliament on June ... Read More


The Sunita Narain Show: World Environment Day 2024 Special on agenda for new government

India, June 5 -- Now that the results of the Lok Sabha elections of 2024 are known, it is time to recommit to an agenda of development, which is inclusive, affordable and sustainable for all June 5 i... Read More