Friends For A Cause
Saving Environment
INITIATIVE To save environment from the abuse of drugs, the government has decided to ban production of such formulations which was being used to enhance dairy and vegetable productions. Almost a month after banning import of Oxytocin formulations, the Government has prohibited the private sector from producing the drug, a move aimed to curb its […]
Power Of Cruel Bomb
NUCLEAR THREAT The scars of devastation and cruelty imprinted on the land of Hiroshima and Nagasaki never fail to make one drown into the ordeals of the past which still release a sense of tremour in the people and also how the nuclear power was used as an aid to vandalize the human instinct. During […]
UN India & Global Compact Network India (GCNI) outline Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) : A Blueprint for Action
EVENT Global Compact Network India (GCNI), a local arm of the United Nations Global Compact, New York along with UN India organized 13th edition of its annual flagship event in Bengaluru on the 8th of June, 2018. The overlying theme for the event focused on ‘Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Blueprint for Action’. It was […]
Green Heads Left Few, Axes Ready To Slew
OPINION Embracing the girth of the woody existents, clasping the brown black tree trunks with all their might, a string of protesters firmly stand opposing the ongoing tree cutting at the redevelopment sites falling inside the periphery of South Delhi. The confronting move put forth by the people had come up in wake of loss […]
For Peace and Freedom
MANDELA DAY After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended. – Nelson Mandela Those are the last words from the book ‘Long […]
The Economics of Trafficking Humans
SAVING WEAK After years of initiatives and policies, the human trafficking industry works because it’s financially viable, writes Simran Kohli In 2010, the General Assembly adopted the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, urging Governments worldwide to take coordinated and consistent measures to defeat this scourge. The Plan calls for integrating the […]
NALCO: TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE DEVELOPING PURI INTO SWACHH ICONIC PLACE
INITIATIVE The Government of India, through its Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission, has proposed a multistakeholder Initiative focusing on cleaning up 100 places across the country that are “Iconic” due to their history, heritage and religious and/or cultural significance with high visitors footfall. The goal of the initiative is to improve the cleanliness conditions at […]
THE GREEN SOLDIERS: From MANGROVES to MAN ‘GRAVES’
INITIATIVE “If there are no mangroves, then the sea will have no meaning. It is like having a tree without roots, for the mangroves are roots of the sea…” — Thai fisherman from the Andaman Coast These words by a fisherman are enough to define the importance of mangroves in our ecosystem. It also gives […]
Going Beyond Straitjackets
WOMEN SAFETY Women, all around the world, are unsafe; in their own homes, their places of work, their neighbourhoods, or on some random street corner at the darkest hour of the night wearing ‘slutty’ clothes. The fact of the matter is, despite all the giant steps mankind has taken since Neil Armstrong, we cannot tell […]
