New Water Policy More Contentious By Dr Arvind Kumar* *President, India Water Foundation, New Delhi. The New Water Policy (NWP) draft 2012 is reportedly replete with more contentious issues and least ...

Another Global Downturn By Dr Arvind Kumar Another global financial downturn is round the corner if forecasts of the IMF and World Bank are to be believed. Revising its forecast for global growth in 2 ...

MARTYRS’ DAY By Dr Arvind Kumar 30th January every year is observed as Martyrs’ Day to pay homage to the martyrs who suffered and died for the freedom, welfare, and progress of the country. It was on ...

23rd January is observed as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary. It is ironic that this day is not observed with much enthusiasm throughout the country like the birth anniversaries of othe ...

Private Sector and Climate Change By Dr Arvind Kumar There is mounting pressure at global level on the private sector to mobilise and find new technologies to cut greenhouse gas emissions. This pressu ...

IMD Foundation Day By Dr Arvind Kumar 15th January this year marks the 137 anniversary day of the foundation of India Meteorological Department (IMD). It was on this momentous day that Mr. H.F.Blanfor ...

Makar Sankranti Makar Sankranti, denoting the transition of the Sun into Makara rashi (Capricorn) on its celestial path, is celebrated as a festival for countless reasons and in myriad ways depending ...

New Mapping Tool Reveals Thousands of Record-Breaking Extreme Weather Events in 2011 By Editor, NRDC Press Release, December 12, 2011 http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/43703 NEW YORK (December 8, ...

Air Pollution and DNA Damage By Dr Arvind Kumar A link between exposure to certain air pollutants and an increase in DNA damage for people exposed to high levels of the pollution has been confirrmed b ...

Kisan Divas By Dr Arvind Kumar Plight of farmers in India has become very critical in recent decades. Small farmers are reeling under appalling debt and many of them commit suicide for being not able ...