Sustainable Development

Intel Delays Its Next Next-Generation 10 Nanometer Chips

The range of computing products powered by leading-edge 14 nanometer process chips is pretty small. As part of Intel’s Core-M architecture, they can be found in high-end...

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Mumbai’s Smart Slum

Urban is the new norm, and as many cities expand in the developing world, so do their slums. Nowhere is this more apparent than Dharavi, the largest and most renowned informal...

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How Bioengineered Bacteria Could Give Robots A Living Brain

Imagine a future where robots with organic brains could be controlled through their microbiome. That might become reality, if researchers at Virginia Tech can transfer their v...

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Smart, Self-Destructing Syringes Could Save Millions Of Lives

In December 2014, Yem Chrin, an unlicensed Cambodian doctor, was charged with murder. By reusing the same syringe, he had infected over 270 people in a remote community in the...

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Can We Finance Sustainable Development?

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been the most comprehensive international poverty alleviation movement in history. Since 1990, extreme poverty has been cut by hal...

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Sustainable Tourism: An Opportunity For Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The HLPF on sustainable development is the main United Nations platform on sustainable development. It provides political leadership, guidance and recommendations. It follows ...

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A R Rahman, Hrithik Roshan Team Up For UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman and popular Indian actor Hrithik Roshan are joining hands with renowned British filmmaker Richard Curtis for raising awareness about the UN&r...

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Invest 3.5 Percent GDP In Science, Technology, Innovation For Sustainable Development, Experts Say

Investing up to 3.5% of a nation’s GDP in science, technology and innovation – including basic science and education – is a key benchmark for advancing susta...

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UN Hails Cooperatives As Vehicle To Make Sustainable Development A Reality For All.

“Inequality is a fundamental obstacle to development, depriving people of basic services and opportunities to build better lives for themselves and their children,&rdquo...

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The Explosive Growth Of Community Solar Gardens In 2015

For much of the recent rise of solar power, the industry has been divided in two: distributed rooftop solar, and utility-scale solar parks. According to a new report from GTM ...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: CREATION BEGINS WHERE OPINION ENDS

Art is born from surrender, not control. While opinions about art come from privilege an...

October 30 2025

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: DISCOVERING JEWELS AMONG THE JUNKPILE

Exhausted by the excessive violence, toxic masculinity and crass comedies of pan-Asian a...

October 29 2025

FESTIVALS: STORIES THAT AWAKEN THE WORLD

A masterclass on Conscious Storytelling at WIFF Mumbai 2025 explored how cinema can elev...

October 28 2025