By Mrs. Shweta Kumar The Himalayas feed seven of Asia's largest rivers and contain the largest store of freshwater outside the polar ice caps, resources on which the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billi ...

Nuclear Risks By Dr Arvind Kumar 9th August marks the anniversary of US atomic bombing of Nagasaki in Japan in 1945. In fact, it was on 6 August 1945 that US first dropped its first atomic bomb on Hir ...

Energy Security in Himalayan Nations By Dr Arvind Kumar Known as the "roof of the world", the Himalayas face numerous challenges in addition to climate change. As mountain glaciers melt, wildlife poac ...

Reviving Surajkund’s Glory By Dr Arvind Kumar S urajkund, located near the Surajkund village, between the villages of Baharpur and Lakkarpur in Faridabad district of Haryana, is an ancient water reser ...

Water Woes of Central Asia By Dr Arvind Kumar In a recently released report on the situation in the Amu Darya Basin in Central Asia, the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) has criticized Cent ...

Glut vs. Starvation By Dr Arvind Kumar Media reports indicate that India is set to have a record cereal production of 241 million tonnes this year. However, this news raises more worries of safe stora ...

World Energy Balance By Dr Arvind Kumar World energy balance is likely to undergo a paradigm shift in the near future in view of rising natural gas production from shale formations. While dismissing t ...

Climate Pollutants Threaten Human Rights By Dr Arvind Kumar Recently, the Center for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA) in Argentina and the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGS ...

Tree Talk By Dr Arvind Kumar Sometimes small events organized in small places prove to be gigantic one in their scope and universal appeal. Recently, 38th series of popular environment programme 'Tree ...

Ensuring Food Security By Dr Arvind Kumar The first half of 2011 has witnessed global food prices soaring to a record high, raising concerns of new round of social unrest like that which spread throug ...