For the first time since adoption in 2015 for a better world, the worldwide progress on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) has shown reversal due to increased poverty and unemployment caused by Covid-19.
The diaspora can consider to volunteer to support some of the SDGs, or may be some targets related to only one goal like the SDG 3 on Good Health and Well-Being.
While India has outperformed itself over the last year on the national index on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the country’s performance globally leaves much to be desired.
Degradation increases human-wildlife conflicts and is linked to outbreaks of animal borne diseases such as Covid-19, according to a new report launched ahead of World Environment Day 2021 (June 5).
While the Covid-19 pandemic will be always remembered as probably the biggest catastrophe in our living memory, at the same time the role of civil society, including the Indian diaspora, will keep our hope alive in the power of people to rise to cope with such challenges.
India and Israel have inked a new three-year work programme agreement (2021-2023) for enhancing cooperation in agriculture, including focusing on modern agriculture infrastructure, capacity building and market linkages,
The cyclone season has just got unleashed in India. While India is yet to recover from Cyclone Tauktae, which has caused havoc on the west coast and killed more than 100 people, Cyclone Yaas is set to hit the east coast this week.
No country in the world can defeat Covid-19 by ramping up its healthcare facilities alone. India is no exception. Preventive measures like vaccination and adherence to Covid-appropriate behaviour have to accompany treatment.
While enduring images of the Covid-19 era are of doctors staking their lives to treat patients, some who lost their kith and kin carry privately nightmarish memories of doctors providing just minimal treatment and waiting till the fateful day.
If you really intend to help people hit by Covid-19, you can do more than forward random forwards to them. You can follow Covid-Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) and help them personally and digitally by sharing personally verified information.