Priorities

The moral issue of climate change

The politics of selfishness was embraced enthusiastically last week by Sen. Mitch McConnell. In dismissing President Obama?s deal with China to reduce carbon emissions, the in...

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The moral issue of climate change

The politics of selfishness was embraced enthusiastically last week by Sen. Mitch McConnell. In dismissing President Obama’s deal with China to reduce carbon emissions, ...

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Empowering women is the smart approach to sustainable development

As the Asia Pacific Conference on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment is convened in Bangkok, UN ESCAP executive secretary Shamsad Akthar shares that empowering wome...

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Smallpox, polio and HIV: the fights we’re winning against infectious disease

Only one human disease, smallpox, has ever been eradicated entirely. But great strides have been made against lots of other major killers You are, probably, incredibly lucky....

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Climate Change Will Be Hazardous to Your Health

The dangers of a warming climate are frequently presented through an economic or an existential lens, either as a financial gamble whose costs may ultimately outweigh the shor...

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G20 urges 'strong and effective action' on climate change

The world’s most powerful economies Sunday urged “strong and effective action” on climate change, catapulting the issue onto the final statement of G20 talks...

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G20 urges 'strong and effective action' on climate change

The world's most powerful economies Sunday urged "strong and effective action" on climate change, catapulting the issue onto the final statement of G20 talks despite pressure ...

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Grand Challenges India organises workshop on maternal and child health in Mumbai

Globally, over 6 million children under the age of five die each year, and approximately 165 million (26%) of the world’s children have stunted growth jeopardizing subse...

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Lost Childhood

A lot of children constantly run away from fractured, abusive homes, explains Paul Sunder Singh of Karunalaya. “They head towards Chennai or Mumbai or Hyderabad, lured b...

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Coal Rush in India Could Tip Balance on Climate Change

?India?s development imperatives cannot be sacrificed at the altar of potential climate changes many years in the future,? India?s power minister, Piyush Goyal, said at a rece...

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TV: WHEN FRAGRANCE BECAME THE TEACHER

In its first edition, Surabhi Diaries by Suhail Tatari revisits the beloved 1990s TV phe...

November 2 2025

KALEIDOSCOPE: THROUGH CONFLICT, TRUTHS STAND TALL

My own encounter with the book has been a unique reader-experience, writes Aparajita Kri...

November 1 2025

BUSINESS: REFLECTIONS OF ADVERTISING’S MR. BHARAT!

From Kolkata’s colonial hangover to the rise of brand Bharat, this reflection, by ...

October 31 2025