Lunar and solar eclipses make animals do strange things
Steve Portugal, Royal Holloway For most animals, the structure of their day – and indeed their year – depends on the light-dark cycle. These regular and rhythmic cycles in the …
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2 Million Indian Lawyers And No Retirement Plans – Choking New Entrants
Hemant K. Batra | Law & Policy Lawyer I couldn’t stop myself from writing this small writeup or should I say sharing this thought. My line of thinking got stimulated …
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Law came out victorious while none of the Parties could claim triumph: CBI Versus CBI
Hemant K. Batra, Law & Policy Expert Goeman Bind HTO, International Law & Policy Think Tank Photo Source: Wikipedia – Wikimedia Commons A fair and balanced judgement by the highest …
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“Pretty Much a Failure”: HUD Inspections Pass Dangerous Apartments Filled With Rats, Roaches and Toxic Mold
by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan Nov. 16, 11 a.m. EST The system for inspecting federally subsidized properties is failing low-income families, seniors and people with disabilities and undermining the agency’s oversight, …
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Personal Diary of a remorseful Young Afghan
By Hemant K. Batra | Freelance Writer Always in a pair of denim clad jeans, Abdul Malik an Afghani national was a fair complexioned and light brown eyed handsome young …
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Model shows pathway to feeding the world
By Barbara Axt Earth has the capacity to feed the world’s population on a healthy diet if countries make fundamental changes to their food production systems and consumption, a study …
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Poverty reduction may stall – report
By Anita Makri Extreme poverty is getting more and more concentrated in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, says the Gates Foundation in a report whose findings are backed up by estimates …
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Rich Asia Pacific nations rank poorly on development policies
By Neena Bhandari [SYDNEY] The richer Asia-Pacific countries and the US do poorly on the 2018 Commitment to Development Index (CDI), which ranks 27 wealthy countries according to how well …
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AI impact on human rights to come under scrutiny
By Neena Bhandari [SYDNEY] The Australian human rights commission has embarked on a project looking at the social risks and benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) — a technology whose implications …
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Scientists decry Brazil’s move on biodiversity research
By Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade [SÃO PAULO] A legal requirement put in place by the Brazilian government within the framework of a biodiversity law is likely to reduce research on …
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