Society & Culture

Blue sky thinking: 5 things to know about air pollution

Around 90 per cent of people go through their daily lives breathing harmful polluted air, which has been described by the United Nations as...

Working with nature, Colombia fights air pollution

This year, Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, will begin deploying the first of 1,485 electric buses to replace the diesel vehicles that now dominate...

The Death News of Sidharth Shukla: In the remembrance of Sidnaaz

For most individuals, the death news of Sidharth Shukla seems implausible. Sidharth Shukla, popular actor, and 13 winner Bigg Boss died on Thursday 2 September suffering a severe...

4.1 billion lack social safety net

More than four billion people live without any welfare protection today to cushion them from crisis, the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday, while...

Resilience in a riskier world

Over the past two decades, the Asia-Pacific region has made remarkable progress in managing disaster risk. But countries can never let down their guard....

Hell for Women?

35-years-old woman and her daughter were raped by rickshaw driver and his accomplice in Lahore; On independence day of Pakistan, a TikToker was sexually...

Towards a more gender-equitable COVID-19 response

As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to ripple across the world, they leave in their wake an upheaval touching all areas of...

These five cities are taking aim at air pollution

Around the world, more than 90 per cent of people breathe in air that the World Health Organization (WHO) considers potentially harmful. While the source...

The sunset of the West and Islam: From US bombs to the return of the Taliban

With regard to the issue of Islamic proselytism in Europe, where some countries (Belgium, Great Britain, France, etc.) have large minorities of Muslim believers...

Lack of Water Linked to 10 Percent of the Rise in Global Migration

As climate change accelerates a global water crisis, rainfall variability is expected to be one of the contributing forces in migration, according to a...

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