The spirit of Chipko needs to be revived
Some years back in a series of highly inspiring actions, Himalayan villagers in many parts of what is now present day Uttarakhand prevented the axing of forest trees.
Some years back in a series of highly inspiring actions, Himalayan villagers in many parts of what is now present day Uttarakhand prevented the axing of forest trees.
India’s worsening air pollution crisis has long been a public health emergency, but the proposal by insurers to hike health premiums in New Delhi due to pollution-related illnesses threatens to turn it into an economic crisis as well.
The decision to dissolve the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, its largest opposition grouping, is stark confirmation of the city’s shifting political landscape.
India's biggest challenge is not just unemployment, but the unemployability of over 60 crore youth.
Visiting a district, decades later, opens up floodgates of memory. When I think of Kakinada, the district headquarters of the famous East Godavari district of undivided Andhra Pradesh, where I had served in 1979-81, certain images endure.
These commitments are underpinned by national regulations to ensure assessment of impacts on the environment and people’s livelihoods.
The distress is overwhelming not the least because such adverse developments have plagued the nation during a political vacuum.
In 2021, he highlighted Nato’s rising military threat on his country’s western borders and demanded legal guarantees for Russia.
Interestingly, the four top party posts are all occupied by men. The new Cabinet has only two women as members, a sad reflection of male-dominated ruling politicians’ attitude.
No doubt, Nepal also needs to make its stand on the BRI unequivocally clear since she signed it in May 2017.
