World Population Day celebrated on 11 July focuses the attention of people on the perpetually increasing and expanding population concerns in the world.
Read MorePost-industrialisation, there has been a substantial increase in air pollution which invited an exponential growth in health problems and is the underlying cause of millions of deaths every year. Aiming to plant trillion trees although seem unachievable but economically challenged countries like Pakistan has already shown the pathway by planting a billion trees under their ‘Billion Tree Tsunami’ campaign.
Read MoreScores of Stray Cats in the City Will Lead Healthier, Happier Lives – and Many More Will Be Spared a Lifetime of Suffering on the Streets
Read More“Mommy, do girls drive too?” If there was ever a defining moment in gender-based parenting, this for me was probably it. My 5-year-old son very innocently asked me this question while we were stuck in one of New Delhi’s famous traffic jams, and to say that I was speechless would be an understatement. It took me completely by surprise because I have prided myself in raising my son with a gender equal mindset. Or so I thought.
Read MoreBreaking shackles of the society, two women from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh took a bold step and got engaged in a same-sex marriage on Wednesday. The women engaged in the holy knot against the will of the families are alleged to be cousins and are residents of Rohaniya constituency. Post-marriage, the women took it to social media and uploaded their wedding photographs and publicly announced their relation.
Read MoreGiving is not limited to loosening one's purse strings. It transcends all boundaries and strata of society. Being kind also costs nothing. The by-product is inner peace.
Read MoreAlcohol causes more harm to people who share close connections with the alcoholics. There exists a high prevalence of a wide range of alcohol’s harm to others. According to research, an estimated 88,000 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
Read MoreEarly in the morning, as I was scrolling through my phone, the screen read ‘Budget for the people’ in bold. It was New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern’s instagram post on how proud she was about passing a Budget that allocated the largest proportion, a whopping 1.9 billion dollars, towards mental healthcare. She said “We did something big that will make a difference” and I couldn’t agree any more.
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