Science Watch – NASA Researchers Discover 7 Earth-sized Exoplanets Nearby !!!
With the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a dwarf star, we are on the right track to find another habitable system! What makes this discovery by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope special is that this is the first time that a series of Earth-sized planets have been found around a [...]
Environment Watch – Marine and Coastal Pollution in India- An Overview !!!
Coastal and estuarine ecosystems are heavily influenced by the human species through pollution and habitat loss. Coastal pollution and its impacts have resulted in a number of environmental issues including the enrichment of enclosed waters with organic matter, pollution by chemicals such as oil, and sedimentation due to land-based activities. [...]
Economy Watch – Free trade is good, for the poor too !!!
In a global trading landscape that is being increasingly influenced by protectionist narratives, the approval of the landmark European Union-Canada trade deal Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Ceta) by the European Parliament comes as a breath of fresh air. Trade between the two economies amounts to about $63 billion presently, [...]
Society Watch – A lawyer took on India’s profiteering hospitals to end the obscene overpricing of cardiac stents !!!
Birender Sangwan’s parents wanted him to be a doctor. For two years, Sangwan even prepared for the medical entrance examinations in India before finally giving up. “I was always scared of hospitals,” he said in an interview at his modest two-room office at New Delhi’s Rohini court complex. “I still [...]
Science Watch – Technology in aid of Crop insurance !!!
In its budget 2017-18, the government has taken up several measures to revive the country’s agriculture economy. The emphasis on agricultural insurance through higher allocation for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), and other major allocations for the sector, are expected to boost credit flow to farmers apart from [...]
Science Watch – Moon To Provide Energy For India By 2030 With Helium 3
India might be getting energy from the moon. An ISRO scientist has stated that the moon can power all of India and possibly other countries as well with its Helium-3. […]
#Must Read-Economy Watch – De-Globalization trends around the world and Karl Marx’s dilemma !!!
Marx got many things wrong about capitalism, but this capital glut dilemma is now playing out in 70mm. […]
Society Watch – Peri-Urban Regions and the Vulnerability of Urbanization and Climate Change!!!
Over the last century, India’s landscape has urbanized considerably: the urban population has grown 14 times since 1901, and by 2050 up to 54 percent of India’s population will be urban. Much of this urban growth is occurring in large villages or small to medium sized cities , resulting in [...]
#Must Read – Economy Watch – Demographic Dividend and the Chinese Jobs !!!
One million individuals are entering the workforce every month and there aren’t enough jobs going around for them. This basically means that around 12 million or 1.2 crore youth enter the Indian workforce, every year. […]