Hency Thacker

As our use of electronic devices and equipment has boomed in recent years, it has brought opportunities to create new jobs, tackle climate change and other environmental challenges, deliver health care and expand education. Yet with these benefits have also come unintended consequences. E-waste is the fastest-growing waste stream in the world with around 50...

While addressing the issue of waste management, it is very important to not overlook the increasing amount of e-waste that needs proper modes of disposal. According to Research and Markets, globally,  e-waste is expected to climb to nearly 7 kilograms of e-waste per person by 2022. Considering that many of the top-selling smartphones weigh...

Low prices and unprecedented demand are fuelling the growth of “fast fashion”. This takes trends from the runway to consumers in record time. The problem is that, in the process, fashion is putting tremendous pressure on the environment through water use, pollution, waste and carbon emissions. Apart from this it also has negative social...

A spike in intentionally set fires in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil has provoked an international response from government leaders due to the devastating impact these fires could have on the world’s climate. This has caused the corporate community to also begin to speak up. Apple CEO Tim Cook was among the first to pledge...

Landfills around the world are filling up. In 2016, over 2 billion tonnes of waste was generated globally. In the next 30 years, that figure is expected to grow to 3.4 billion. A recent report by UN Environment’s International Environmental Technology Centre has outlined one technology that has the potential to reduce the volume of waste entering...

As severe summer-time heatwaves become the norm in India, the use of air-conditioners (ACs) and resultant energy consumption have started hitting the roof. If every household in India ran an AC for seven months a year, the total electricity required would be 120 per cent higher than the total electricity produced in the country...

India is one of the fastest-growing economies. The innovative way of solving problems that the country faces is often credited as one of the major reasons for this growth. With the growing importance of CSR and participation on India Inc in national development, an urge to participate in the drive of solving India’s problems is...

Universal Health coverage is one of the SDGs, which India is striving hard to achieve. While there is an overall shortage of doctors and healthcare practitioners in the country, it is more felt in the rural areas. It may take some time to set up a permanent infrastructure to ensure that adequate medical facilities...

Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley passed away at 12.07 p.m. on August 24, 2019, at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi where he was admitted since August 9. He was 66 and is survived by his wife and two children. His demise has created a big political vacuum in the ruling BJP...

Today’s children are tomorrow’s scientists, engineers, doctors, lawyers and administrators of the world. The very foundation of the intellectual genius of students is laid in schools. This makes it very important for teachers to have the appropriate skill set to bring out the weaknesses and strengths of the students in order to be able...

The state whose capital city houses major business houses, celebrities and crème de la crème of the country has been in distress because of severe floods. The total death toll in the past three weeks arising from flood or rain-related accidents across five districts in western Maharashtra has risen to 50 even as floodwaters have...

Sustainability of development is comparatively a new area of knowledge in which scientists, economists, philosophers and other social scientists are working together. The raising awareness about climate change and events happening because it has caused many people including school children to demand bolder actions on climate change by governments, businesses and investors. In order to...