World Wetlands Day (WWD) By Dr Arvind Kumar Second February each year is observed as World Wetlands Day (WWD). It marks the date of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the ...

Reforming UN Security Council By Dr Arvind Kumar Under the prevailing global developments, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), founded in 1946, has seemingly outlived its utility and there is ...

Towards Genuine Progress Viewed in a broad spectrum, progress in Capitalist parlance is construed as a good thing, manifest destiny, civilizing the uncivilized, elevating the poor inhabitants, taming ...

World Leprosy Day By Dr Arvind Kumar The 30th January - the anniversary of Gandhi assassination, also known as Martyrs’ Day, is also observed as World Leprosy Day in India. Gandhi wanted to eradicate ...

30th January Martyrs’ Day By Dr Arvind Kumar 30th January is observed each year as Martyrs’ day to pay homage to the martyrs who suffered and died for the freedom, welfare, and progress of the country ...

Avoid Excess use of Antibiotics By Dr Arvind Kumar Recent medical research shows that wrongful or excess use of antibiotics has an adverse effect-causing the kinds of bacteria that these drugs can no ...

Dastardly Act By Dr. Arvind Kumar The dastardly act of burning to death of Additional District Collector Yashwant Sonawane by a gang of kerosene and petrol pilferers at Panewadi, near Manmad in Nashik ...

Quest for Real Wealth By Dr Arvind Kumar David Korten, a noted author, tells us about two kinds of waelth - real living wealth and phantom financial wealth. Real wealth entails intrinsic value which i ...

Global Summit on Poverty By Dr Arvind Kumar Global Poverty Summit has just concluded its meeting at Johannesburg in South Africa. The discussions at the summit were marked by skepticism on whether the ...

Other Side of Globalization By Dr Arvind Kumar Detriments of globalization outnumber benefits. This is the recurring theme of the just published book The Dark Side of Globalization, edited by Jorge He ...