Asia

What we eat determines our health and future

Oct 23, 2019 13:12

It is important for us to change our approaches in terms of the food we produce, process and consume. At the governmental level, countries must expand their agriculture policies beyond staple food production to include investments and research on crops such as fruits, vegetables, and legumes.
Electric cars could be just another ecological disaster

Oct 17, 2019 08:57

It seems, scientists and politicians in the industrialized world, are pushing the world to the edge of the precipice through their haphazard inventions and weird policies that are damaging the natural environment irreparably.
Spiders can soar on electric fields

Oct 07, 2019 17:44

Spiders have been observed to have gone as high as two-and-a-half miles up in the air and as far as 1,000 miles out in the sea. It has been believed since ages that spiders cannot fly, due to lack of wings. However, they still go airborne sometimes.
We are killing off our vital insects too

Mar 04, 2019 16:11

For decades and centuries, human beings have been engaged in exterminating other creatures on planet earth by their irrational and illogical actions. Many species of animals and insects are already extinct and many others are on the verge of extinction.
Global financial crisis may be just around the corner

Feb 13, 2019 12:37

The cyclical nature of the world economy, when every single decade ends in a major meltdown of the world financial results in a number of experts predicting a global crisis to take place in 2019. Jean Périer, an independent researcher and analyst and a renowned expert on the West Asia, has more in an article titled “Global financial crisis may be just around the corner.”
How the New Silk Roads are merging into Greater Eurasia

Dec 24, 2018 21:03

Russia is keen to push economic integration with parts of Asia and this fits in with China's Belt and Road Initiative, says Brazilian journalist Pepe Escobar in his article for Asia Times, titled: “How the New Silk Roads are merging into Greater Eurasia”.
Human Rights: From word to practice

Dec 10, 2018 13:22

Today one of the most important topics which is closely linked with public opinion of nations and world organs, is the issue of human rights. The United Nations, paid attention to the issue just three years after its coming to existence and on 10 of December, 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was approved.
International Day of Disabled Persons

Dec 03, 2018 09:29

The United Nations announced in 1992 that December 3 be marked every year as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). The goal of this announcement was to promote public awareness on different aspects of the disabled people's life. Every year this day provides the ground for further attention to the problems of the disabled by relevant authorities.
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Oct 17, 2018 09:56

There is an inseparable connection between extreme poverty and human rights. This means that the people who live in poverty, many of their human rights are violated. Joseph Wresinski, who founded International Movement ATD Fourth World, realized this important link between poverty and human rights.
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

Aug 09, 2018 08:51

Indigenous people are often described as part of human communities that try to stick to their traditions and customs while being in contact with the advancements in the way of living and technological progress.