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.
A separate 2019 report by global health insurer Mercer Marsh Benefits shows that, appallingly, drug prices in the Philippines are the second highest in Southeast Asia.
This is the position Mr Ismailov represents. The ITU conference is all set to be the venue for this clash of cultures in the digital age.
The focus of Sweden’s strategy was to reduce the spread of the virus, but also to consider other aspects of public health and protect freedom and fundamental rights.
In fact, Yoon’s new residence in Hannam-dong, just five minutes away from the new presidential office, is being renovated, but work has been delayed by the continued torrential rain.
The commission has said it won’t publish results until it has verified the original forms, with just 2 per cent of the tallies released so far.
