P. C. Chandra Group has recently organised P. C. Chandra Puraskaar, the annual national award 2019. This award was conferred upon one of India’s most reputed cardiac surgeons and humanitarian Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre. Swami Suviranandaji Maharaj, the General Sec...
Climate change's adverse impact on earth has become a household subject. Countries across the world are facing the fury of these changes in some form or other – be it drought or storm, be it spread of diseases caused by extreme weather condition or loss of farm yield.What is climate change?Climate...
Devanathan Parthasarathy, Convener, IDP in Climate Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, spoke to BE’s Ellora De on climate change and its prevention.Q. What possible measures can India take to tackle the problem of increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations?A. We need to r...
Over the years, India has taken several measures to control pollution, maintain ecological balance, increase forest area and keep its rivers clean. In this article, we take a look at some of these initiatives.Compensatory Afforestation Bill, 2016The enactment of the Compensatory Afforestation Act, 2...
Kirk R. Smith, Professor of Global Environmental Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA and Director, Collaborative Clean Air Policy Centre, Delhi, has been working on environmental and health issues in developing countries, particularly those related to health-damaging and climate-changing...
Agriculture and mining are two important sectors of the Indian economy. While generating huge employment and being important for the economy’s growth, these two sectors are also highly polluting in nature. Chemical agricultural products like pesticides and fertilisers contribute heavily to s...
Industrial pollutionIndustrial pollution is responsible, to a large extent, for the alarming levels air, water and soil pollution in India. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that only air pollution accounts for around 2% of all heart and lung diseases, for about 5% of all lung cancers, a...
A lot of researches are going on regarding global warming and climate change in India. The studies vary widely. Sometimes it becomes difficult to draw conclusion from that. At present, it seems that the discussions on global warming are losing steam. But studies on climate change are gaining strengt...
Professor Sabyasachi Bhattacharya is among those academicians who could create an everlasting place in the minds of his associates and students. He was the Vice-Chancellor of Visva-Bharati University from 1991 to 1995. After that, he taught as a professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University (1...
What is Spirituality?How does spirituality help you and me as a professional? Does it mean we need to be religious? Does it mean we need to be virtuous in all that we do? How does being spiritual help us in our daily lives, if at all?Let me tell you a little story before I answer for myself. It wasn...