Scams and Development By Dr Arvind Kumar Every other day a new scam is unveiled and the nation is held to ransom by political parties to capitalize on the issue. The nation had hardly recovered from t ...

Urgency for Organic Farming According to a report published in Times of India dated 7 February 2011, a Dutch national, Tom Deiters, a native of Amsterdam in Holland, is visiting villages in Punjab to ...

Sceptre of Paid News By Dr Arvind Kumar The sceptre of ‘Paid News’ haunting the media in India has been instrumental in eroding media’s credibility to some extent in public eyes. Another contributory ...

World Cancer Day By Dr Arvind Kumar Each year 4th February is observed as World Cancer Day. World Cancer Day is part of the World Cancer Campaign, which responds to the Charter of Paris adopted at the ...

Towards True Well-Being By Dr Arvind Kumar According to Manfred Max-Neef, the Chilean ecological economist, the spectrum from penury to wealth cannot be reduced to a single dimension. The Matrix of Hu ...

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 ...