Afghanistan's Water Woes By Dr Arvind Kumar For over three decades, Afghanistan has been witnessing internecine battles, coupled with foreign intervention and is haunted by political instability. This ...

The Perishing Oceans By Dr Arvind Kumar A consortium of scientists, under the aegis of the International Program on the State of the Ocean (IPSO), has recently warned that oceans are at dire risk. Hav ...

HYDROPOLITICS IN CHINA [Present dispensation in China is engaged in creating a harmonious society in China and the burgeoning problem of water shortage is likely to upset its ambitious aspirations as ...

Note on China’s Reported Move on River Brahmputra: Implications for India China’s reported move to build a series of dams in Tibet, including a hydel power generation plant at Zangmu on the middle rea ...

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 ...