Media reporting around preparations of COP30 climate summit is worrying. COP30 is the 30th UN-led Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
As summer sets in, India braces for yet another season of extreme heat. Forecasts indicate that this year will bring more intense heat waves, with several states expected to experience a significant rise in the number of scorching days.
China’s latest military exercises in the East China Sea represent more than just routine drills ~ they are a direct message to Taiwan and the broader international community.
In our ever-evolving global landscape, society, culture, and civilization extend beyond anthropocentric perspectives, encompassing a broader organic framework that includes both flora and fauna and synanthrope.
How is the situation of women’s rights and their role as bridge-builders today, connecting between the multilateral and local settings? A recent seminar at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), hosted by its International Studies Center, elaborated upon the situation in a world witnessing tumultuous changes.
Pasmanda ~ translated roughly from Persian as ‘those left behind’ ~ Muslims are the talk of the town in India’s electoral arena given political parties rely on community mobilization to bring in the votes.
After the Assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, the BJP will focus on the Southern states to implement its 'Operation Dakshin Vijay' strategy. Two years before the scheduled parliamentary elections in 2024, the BJP has identified two big targets in south India — Tamil Nadu and Telangana, both ruled by regional parties. Looking ahead, the party wants to reduce the north-south divide.
We are threatened simultaneously by poly-crises from war, climate change, technology, social injustices, and geopolitical rivalries. There is no super prophet available who has the sufficient moral and credible standing to lead us all out of the current wilderness.
Tobacco use is a global epidemic that kills six million people annually. Approximately one person dies every six seconds due to tobacco, accounting for one in 10 adult deaths.
Family planning programmes would yield better results if they are reinforced with proper educational programmes. The value of breastfeeding, the use of balanced and uncontaminated food, clean water, and the maintenance of environmental sanitation can only be appreciated by imparting education. Education should be regarded as a powerful weapon to combat increases in fertility rate, poverty, and unemployment.
