Education for profit or Public Good?The mushroom growth of private institutions of higher education in India has given rise to question whether such institutions are money spinning machines or serving ...

Uncertainty in Afghanistan The reported move of Obama Administration to start withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan from July 2011 after over a decade-long sufferings may be a good news for the ...

Drug Abuse By Dr Arvind Kumar26th June is observed as International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking every year. It is an exercise undertaken by the world community to sensitize the peop ...

Spend Nuke Money for Development By Dr Arvind Kumar According to media reports, nine nuclear weapons states are anticipated in the next 10 years to expend $1 trillion on acquiring and updating their s ...

Rapid Urbanization - Bane or Boon? By Dr Arvind Kumar Currently, the largest population shift in human history is taking place in different parts of globe. Every month, there are 5 million new city dw ...

Natural Disasters By Dr Arvind Kumar The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center in its recent report has stated that in 2010, 42 million people worldwide were forced to flee their homes because of na ...

World Solar Day By Dr Arvind Kumar The World Solar Day is being held nationally in the Canada, the U.S. and UK on Saturday, June 18 and in Australia on November 19 with events by cities, non-profits, ...

Arizona Fires & Climate Change By Dr Arvind Kumar Arizona in the United States is currently in the grip of wildfires encompassing more than 700 square miles of the region. Besides, more than 4,300 ...

Illegal Mining of Rivers By Dr Arvind Kumar Swami Nigamanand’s death in Haridwar has once again brought into focus the rampant illegal mining around the River Ganga. Swami Nigamanand had gone on a fas ...

Rising Forest Density According to a recent study in the online journal PLoS One, rising forest density in many countries is helping to offset climate change caused by deforestation from the Amazon ba ...