‘Nexus Approach’ for Water, Energy, Food and EnvironmentBy Dr Arvind Kumar The 2012 theme for World Environment Day is Green Economy, which is construed as one that results in improved human well ...

Ganga DussehraBy Dr Arvind KumarGanga Dussehra is celebrated on Dashmi Tithi of Shukla Paksha Jeyshta Masa. This day, sacred river Ganga had descended on earth from heaven. This year it is being obser ...

Nirjala EkadashiNirjala Ekadashi is the most important and significant Ekadashis out of all twenty four Ekadashis in a year. Nirjala means without water and Nirjala Ekadashi fasting is observed w ...

Study of a Study about StudiesBy Dr Arvind KumarRecent media reports indicate that the Pentagon in US was inundated with so many studies in 2010 that it commissioned a study to determine how much it c ...

Japan’s Environment PolicyBy Dr Arvind KumarThe Japanese government has recently adopted a new environment basic plan, which is the fourth since the first plan was adopted in 1994. It includes the exp ...

Food Security & Better Quality of LifeBy Dr Arvind KumarIn its recently released first Africa Human Development Report, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has stressed food security as a means to ...