Children are widely regarded as the architects of our future. Yet, as a teacher of science and mathematics, I am increasingly concerned that a silent crisis is unfolding among the very generation expected to lead tomorrow's world.
Long before sustainability acquired glossy reports, ambitious targets and impressive acronyms, grandmothers had already solved half the problems.
The emphasis of modern environmental policy has been on prevention. Governments, international institutions and activists have rightly focused on reducing emissions, protecting ecosystems and slowing the pace of climate change.
Wars often reveal the strength of alliances. Their endings reveal something more important: who ultimately gets to define the peace.
While one gets to learn about Central PSEs quite often through news items and media articles, the state public sector enterprises (SPSEs) mostly remain beyond the radar of public scrutiny.
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has entered a critical phase, where military actions and diplomatic manoeuvres are increasingly intertwined. Ukraine’s recent incursion into Russia’s Kursk region marks a bold escalation
The heinous incident at RG Kar Medical College that shook the collective conscience of the nation has three important dimensions. The first dimension is the very obvious one which in a short term has aroused a strong sense of despondency and dejection, followed by justified anger and outburst at the “system.”
If there is one ‘bloc’ that the Israel-Palestine war has completely discredited, internally and externally, it is the Arab Sheikhdoms and their overentitled and inefficacious monarchies.
Last week marked 75 years since the adoption of the Geneva Conventions on 12 August 1949. In theory, these rules of war are universally agreed by every nation.
On 6 August, when the world’s eyes were on the growing violence in Bangladesh, Ukraine launched an offensive into the Kursk region of Russia. Ten thousand Ukrainian troops entered Kursk without encountering any resistance.
