Geneva/Guwahati: As the imprisonment of scribes and other democratic activists under arbitrary laws becomes a new normal in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), the Switzerland based media rights body Press Emblem Campaign (https://pressemblem.ch/ ) urges…
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Nitrogen pollution: Humanity’s failure New Delhi, Jun 01: Humanity’s failure to stop nitrogen pollution could limit the safe operating margin for many other issues facing our planet earth, say, scientists. This latest finding was reported…
Abha Tewary / Rajeev Kumar Mehajan / Mahaveer Golechha / Dileep Mavalankar New Delhi, May 26th: There is very high confidence within the scientific community that the “health of human populations is sensitive to shifts…
New Delhi, May 20th: Ashoka University announced that a Chair has been endowed by two renowned Astrophysicists, Sunanda Basu and Santimay Basu, in their name for teaching and research in Astrophysics. The University will undertake…
Geneva, 20th May – New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) sets essential standards to inform future research and development on genetically modified mosquitoes, particularly in addressing issues relating to ethics, safety, affordability and…
This article describes the scientific basis Who should or shouldn’t take the COVID-19 vaccine. Who should not take the vaccine.
Geneva/Guwahati: The Covid-19 pandemic continues to kill working journalists around the world, where the global tally reaches at least 1302 victims in 76 countries till 11 May 2021. Brazil with 191 journo-casualties because of novel…
Kashmiri Seminary Scholar anguished over Kabul’s bombastic killings, stressed for universal oneness to eliminate the Takfiris and their workshops New Delhi, 11th May 2021. Expressing his sheer anguish over the nefarious and unpardonable bomb attack…
Article By Shobha Shukla based on insights from two asthma experts: one heading the global lung health experts union, and the other heading the asthma experts from the country with the highest asthma deaths. People…
J&K/Delhi, 09-05-2021: Prof.Bhim Singh, President-JKNPP & Sr. Advocate in Supreme Court of India who travelled around the world in 146 countries of the world on a peace mission on a motorcycle has made a strong…
The devastating impact of the pandemic on media, deplorable situation in India Geneva/Guwahati, 30 April 2021: The Covid-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the media, Switzerland based media rights and safety body Press Emblem…
New Delhi, 22 April 2021. India is reeling under an unprecedented wave of COVID-19 infections. India’s number of COVID infections reported in a single day has surpassed the previous highest one-day rise in the world…
Special article for World Health Day “Everyone is trying to apply the human rights lens. But unfortunately, on key matters of equity, a lot of many communities right now are in the rear-view mirror and…
Day Of The Landless 2021 The Asian Peasant Coalition (APC)’s observance of 29 March as “Land of the Landless: Land to the Tillers”, reminds us of the words of Mahatma Gandhi : “In reality, the…
Cebu City (Philippines) 26 March 2021 – Waste pickers from Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City, demand inclusion into the city’s solid waste management system by offering to accept and manage the recyclables collected daily prior to…
New Delhi, March 25: A team of researchers at the Department of Biotechnology’s Hyderabad-based National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (DBT-NIAB) has developed a new technique to detect the presence of an antibiotic called Oxytetracycline (OTC)…
New Delhi, 18th March 2021. The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that it still recommended the use of the AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine as its benefits outweigh its risks. Full text of the “WHO statement on…
Geneva, 12 March 2021 – The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed the COVID-19 vaccine Ad26.COV2.S, developed by Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), for emergency use in all countries and for COVAX roll-out. The decision comes…
A new study may open the way for Parkinson’s treatment New Delhi, March 10: Efforts to find a cure for Parkinson’s Disease is expected to get a big boost with researchers at the Indian Institute…
Younger women among those most at risk: WHO Report on Violence against women GENEVA/ NEW YORK — 9 March 2021 — Violence against women remains devastatingly pervasive and starts alarmingly young, shows new data from…
