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Jaydev Jana New DelhiThe Statesman |
Poverty is as misunderstood as any subject can be. At one level, it could mean no food, no clothes, bad health, and recognized inadequacy of shelters,...
Poverty and hunger share a tragic intertwined relationship, where each condition can both cause and perpetuate the other. Widespread poverty results...
Not every wonderful breakthrough in science and technology was created intentionally. A chance discovery or invention is an unexpected realization and...
Even today, in this age of science and technology, our societies are not free from these catastrophes. The contemporary model of development may be...
‘The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is the faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has...
‘Insects and other terrestrial arthropods ~ such as bees, butterflies, beetles, and the like ~ are so essential to ecosystems that if they were to...
In 1884, the first correlation between beriberi and a dietary factor was made by Takaki Kanehiro, a Japanese Naval doctor. He noticed that crews on...
A famous Horace quote reads: “Nothing is an unmixed blessing”. This underlines the dual nature of human innovations ~ how they can solve our...
Mother Nature is the greatest of all incredible wonders. It refers to the physical world and everything within it, encompassing all living and...
“The greatest challenge of the twenty-first century is to raise people everywhere to a decent standard of living while preserving as much of the...
Mark Twain once remarked that “Whisky is for drinking; water is for fighting over.” Fresh water is a very precious and limited natural resource...