Urbanization vs. Human Survival Rapid pace of urbanization has become almost ubiquitous phenomenon and India is no exception to it. The present balance of population in favour of rural India is likely ...

Water Scarcity: a Scare We take it for granted, we waste it and even pay too much to drink it from little plastic bottles. And still , today ,nearly 1 billion people in the developing world don’t have ...

Consume Organic Food By Dr Arvind kumar Organic foods are those that are produced without the use of chemicals, including pesticides and fertilizers commonly used in cultivation and drugs, such as ant ...

Festival of Gold “Akshay Tritiya” By Dr Arvind Kumar Akshaya Tritiya, also known as Akha Teej is a Hindu and Jain holy day, that falls on the third Tithi (Lunar day) of Bright Half (Shukla Paksha) of ...

May Day By Dr Arvind Kumar 1st day of May is observed as ‘May day’, also called ‘Labour Day’ and ‘International Workers Day’. The ‘Labour Day’ began with the United States labour movement in 19th cent ...

Still births can be halved By Dr Arvind Kumar According to a recent paper published in The Lancet medical journal and reported by IRIN newsagency, preventing stillbirths can cost just US$2.32 per moth ...

Pesticides and Children By Dr Arvind Kumar According to a recent report published in Science News, children exposed in the womb to substantial levels of neurotoxic pesticides have somewhat lower IQs b ...

Hospital ships for disaster response By Dr Arvind Kumar The response from the international community to an earthquake of unprecedented magnitude, followed by a terrible tsunami, that devastated the n ...

Rising Food Prices By Dr Arvind Kumar According a recent World Bank press release, world food prices have jumped 37 percent from a year ago. It has pushed an estimated 44 million more people into pove ...