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 ...

Gross National HappinessBy Dr Arvind Kumar Bhutan is reported to have developed a unique development philosophy focused on the concept of the Gross National Happiness (GNH). It is based on four pillar ...

Gandhi & Climate Change By Dr Arvind Kumar As the governments of the world discuss climate change at a time when the world’s existence stands threatened by climate change and by terrorist violence ...

Innovation in Carbon Offset By Dr Arvind Kumar Piqqo, LLC, a UK-based carbon offset company brings a unique approach to the voluntary carbon market, enabling individual involvement with carbon offset ...

Arctic Freshwater ‘Lake’ By Dr Arvind Kumar The findings are part of Project Clamer is a collaboration of 17 institutes in 10 European countries that is synthesising research from nearly 300 EU-funded ...

Remembering Baba Ambedkar By Dr Arvind Kumar 14th April marks the Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the Father of the Indian Constitution. Popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, he was an eminen ...