9-5 desk jobs have become redundant and been replaced by flexible work timings. With the increasing complexity of work, extensive travel requirements & hyper-connectivity facilitated by technology; the lines between work & life are blurring more than ever. The new age office ‘A room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, …
With extensive use of chemical fertilisers, there is a significant increase in the salinity of soil as well as water making it difficult for plants and other living organisms to survive. Halophytes are salt-tolerant plants that grow in waters with high salinity, such as in mangrove swamps, marshes, seashores and saline semi-deserts. Only two% of the plant …
Initiatives for Protection and Propagation of Halophytes Read More »
If you bring a tote bag to the grocery store, you’re not necessarily saving the planet. When you visit the supermarket, is it better for the planet to carry home your groceries in a paper, plastic or reusable tote bag? The answer is more complicated than you might think. Plastic bags are cheap and convenient, …
Are Plastic, Paper Or Reusable Bags Better For The Environment? Read More »
MOST of us are aware that climate change poses an existential threat to India. The special report – Global Warming of 1.50 C, released by the Inter Government Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in October last year said that the current level of Greenhouse gas emissions set the world on a trajectory of global warming of …
India urgently needs a comprehensive strategy to combat climate change Read More »
Despite refugees and international migrants making more media headlines, internally displaced people (IDPs) represent the majority of the world’s forcibly displaced. A new report published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) reveals that the number of people displaced within their own countries by conflict and violence is the highest it has ever been: 41.3 million people, as of …
The number of internally displaced people is at a record high. Here’s why Read More »
