Sustainable Development

World Bank sanctions $300 Million to strengthen India’s Energy Efficiency

India’s climate change commitments to reduce carbon intensity by 33-35 percent by 2030 from 2005 level will require a significant focus on energy efficiency improvements...

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India’s Biggest Challenge will be to address Modern Poverty

Last September, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation released its annual Goalkeeper’s report, highlighting the extraordinary progress made in reducing extreme poverty a...

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Adidas and Parsley Run for the Oceans by turning Ocean Plastic into Shoes

Let's dig into some figures. Studies tell us that there’s roughly 80,000 tons of plastic polluting the Pacific Ocean. That’s an area roughly three times the size o...

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France builds an Alzheimer’s Village for Patients to Live Comfortably

I read in an article on CNN that there is no test that doctors can use to conclusively determine whether someone will get Alzheimer's disease. "If you are in your 20s or 30s a...

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Limitless Solutions to help Kids live a Normal Life

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has publicly praised the University of Central Florida for the second time in a month and this time, he focuses on Limbitless S...

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Family Planning Essential for a Sustainable Future

There's no right answer to how many children are enough or how many are too many. It all depends on a couple's choice. Their feeling about childhood, their financial stability...

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MoE rolls out Guidelines to save Flying Birds

Wind turbines and their associated infrastructure — notably power lines and towers — are among the fastest-growing threats to birds and bats. The American Bird Con...

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The Need of the Hour: Health and Education of Children

The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) was held on 23 January 2018, in Davos, Switzerland. The WEF is a global political get-together for around 2,500 movers and...

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Breaking Down the Walls between Education Research and Schools

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi Education is definitely the most empowering force in the world. It...

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Nature makes us Happier, Healthier and More Creative

Imagine how easy life would be if a single pill could cure stress, anxiety or even deadly diseases like cancer. Well, guess what? We do have such a pill in the market. Not exa...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: AND THE LEGACY LIVES ON

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with Ramu Aravindan, founder of a Documentation Centre an...

October 14 2025

THOUGHT FACTORY: STORIES THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD

From intimate documentaries to visionary fiction, the WIFF 2025 Jury—comprising ac...

October 13 2025

BOLLYWOOD: DINNER IS SERVED, SUSPENSE IS NOT

A dinner party that promised tension, mystery, and satire turns into a clumsy masquerade...

October 12 2025