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 ...

Home-grown Food for Africa By Dr Arvind KumarAccording to a recent media report, a group of international academic institutions and an NGO supported by the European Union (EU) have launched Sustainabl ...

Earth Day By Dr Arvind Kumar Earth Day has been observed on 22nd April every year as an annual event celebrated around the world for the past four decades. The purpose of Earth Day is to honour, appre ...

Temporary Hiatus for Mekong River By Dr Arvind Kumar According to a newsreport released by IRIN on 20 April 2011, the Mekong - the world's 12th longest river and a lifeline for millions - has won a te ...

Agenda for Durban By Dr Arvind Kumar At the 6-day first inter-sessional meeting from 3 to 8 April this year in Bangkok (Thailand), as a precursor to the formal round of UN talks, to be held later in 2 ...