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Road crashes still contribute to the most number of deaths in the world. According to a report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO), road accidents are the leading cause of death among people in the 5-29 age-group worldwide with more than 1.35 million lives lost each year and 50 million sustaining injuries. The...

It has become very popular in recent years for companies to have a short and accessible purpose statement. Such corporate purposes are then communicated internally to employees and to external stakeholders via brands, websites, press releases and corporate reports. Understanding what is the purpose of this purpose is highly important in today’s time. Meaningful corporate...

Science and technology have made leaps of progress in the field of biotechnology. The power of technology is such, that scientists can modify microorganisms like E. coli by rewriting their genetic code to turn them into tiny living factories that produce biofuel. This is an example of products made possible by the advanced genetic-engineering technology known...

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted cyclone Fani to hit the coastal state of Odisha India. The storm which was supposedly the strongest to hit the country in 20 years was predicted with almost pinpoint accuracy according to the UN agency. Considering the warnings by IMD, the states were well prepared for the...

Antimicrobial resistance has been acknowledged as a major health crisis by several policymakers. However, the economic impact caused by this has not been considered completely. A report titled “No Time to Wait: Securing The Future From Drug Resistant Infections” from the Interagency Coordination Group(IACG) on Antimicrobial Resistance has put the financial fallout into perspective. The...

The non-medical use of prescription drugs is becoming a major threat to public health. Drug addiction has crippled youth across the globe. The problem is highly prevalent among the youth of Punjab in India. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi conducted the first comprehensive study in 2015 to estimate the magnitude...

Blind man’s bluff, the game we oh so fondly played in childhood was sure fun. But it is scary for someone with gifted eyesight to think about living in that way for all their lives. Vision is one of the most amazing gifts given to us by nature. Unfortunately, there are many among us,...

A 29-year-old Ashish Sharma quit his job in August 2017, to start a 17,000 km walk with an aim to rescue all the child beggars and make India child begging free. His determination towards the cause kept him going despite being abducted once, affected by jaundice and getting mugged as he traversed the different...

A woman who used to work as a junior court assistant in the supreme court of India accused has the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment. She wrote to 22 of its judges on April 19, alleging that the CJI made sexual advances at her at his residence office on October 10...

A major earthquake hit the state of Gujarat on Republic day of 2001. The disaster of magnitude 7.7 lasted for over 2 minutes killing over 30,000 people and taking away homes of about half a million of people. The damage caused because of the earthquake was very high. The immediate solution was required to...

Generally, the focus is kept on rising air temperatures when considering global warming. However, the oceans absorb more than 90% of the excess heat trapped by human emissions of greenhouse gases. Taking this into account, scientists have found that 2018 was the hottest year ever recorded for oceans and that they are warming even faster than...

Green bonds have emerged in the past decade as an effective and innovative financial instrument that provides long-term, large-scale financing solutions needed for the required investments in projects aimed to address environmental challenges. Technically, Green Bonds are virtually the same as conventional bonds. The difference is that for the former the capital should be...