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International Solar Alliance Launch: “Solar Power is the Path to Prosperity”

The Heads of States of both India and France together launched an International Solar Alliance to boost solar energy in developing countries. The launch happened on November 30th 2015, the first day of COP-21, Paris. The city hosted a 2-week long Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) that the whole world eyed, hoping to …

Unseasonal Rainfall in Bundelkhand– Bane not boon for the farming communities

Unseasonal weather disturbances in recent years have become a phenomenon, which has affected food security and livelihoods of people across the country. The recent heavy rainfall in North India have not just elongated the winter months for the people, but have adversely affected the farming community. Farmers across North India …

2015 promises to be a Watershed year

There is growing evidence that the current levels of social inequity, environmental destruction and economic profligacy cannot last much longer; without massive political, ecological and economic disruption. On many fronts – the impending revolutions in the global economy, the transformations in geopolitical relationships, the generation of breakthroughs in science and …

Food Security- A Human Right and an Ethical Responsibility

Food security is a human right and is a fundamental ask for poverty eradication and sustainable development. As the world prepares for the post-2015 scenario by drawing up a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is crucial to have food security and agriculture to be adequately placed in the …