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The politics and control of seeds by corporations
‘Development' in agriculture by the mechanization of agrarian systems did not only make agriculture dependent on machines but, with time and technological development, has...
Why a Company’s Ethics Matter
Corporate ethics are key to satisfying a company’s stakeholders.
Both consumers and employees place increasing emphasis on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and expect businesses to...
Measuring outcomes of CSR programmes
While business outcomes are easily measurable through the calculation of numbers such as sales and profit, return on investment and annual growth, quantifying the...
Goats Empowering Women in India
By Bill Gates
Can goats empower women?
In one of the poorest areas of India, they already are.
This is thanks to a new team of health...
The Resurgence of Indian Origin Sports
Cricket has been the most popular sport in our country for many years, but it is a sport we have inherited from the British....
Sadhguru: Religion and Republic, The Way Forward
Most religions have a constitution of their own, supposedly scripted by the Divine or a messenger of the Divine. As the constitution is of...
The right skills for a new world
Today, knowledge is ubiquitous, constantly changing, growing exponentially… Today, knowledge is free. It’s like air, it’s like water…There’s no competitive advantage today in knowing...
Thailand: An Overview of Southeast Asian Extremism
By Haoyu Huang
One of the regions people don’t usually think of related to extremism is Southeast Asia. Yet, extremism is prevalent there, and like...
Climate Change Warning – Green to Red
According to a report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), India is currently the fourth highest emitter of carbon dioxide in...
2019 elections: Happiness and voting behaviour
By George Ward,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For a long time, the main measure of government success has been GDP. Despite movements in the direction of...
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Recent Developments and Next Steps
By Gabriel M. Piccillo
The international community is concerned about stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects, and the knock-on effects on regional stability, and international tranquility. 25...
What prevents forging collaborations in CSR?
Companies, implementing agencies and CSR practitioners have their own share of learnings from the past five years since the CSR clause within the Companies...