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...
On the resurrection day of Lord Jesus, the blood of his children was spilt. The Sri Lankan cities of Colombo, Negombo, and Batticaloa witnessed one of the bloodiest terror attacks on Easter day of 2019 which left a death toll of more than 320 and injured over 500. The first wave of the attacks was t...
The concept of Women March is not too dated. In 2017, cities in the US saw large gatherings under the banner of Women March for the first time, protesting against Donald Trump’s presidency. Similar marches took place around the world in the same year; in Europe, South America and Southeast Asia. I...
Indian tea holds a superior position globally due to its taste and flavour. Suitable climate and geographical factors, decent investments, innovations in processing and strategic market expansion have helped the industry to flourish. Tea is mostly grown in West Bengal, the north-eastern states, and ...
The coastlines of the Mediterranean Sea went blurry with the waves. The trembling water receded. Then perhaps, deciding to leave a memo, the waves dispatched a body, a little one. It was a silent baby in red shirt and blue pants. He lay dead. He had left his native land in haste and had undertaken a...
A long-awaited report from the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) on employment generation has put the central government in a tight spot. According to the draft report from NSSO, the job market has dipped to its lowest in the last 45 years. Yet, according to the World Bank, India's GDP is expecte...
The state of West Bengal is among the most critically disaster-prone states in India. Various districts of the state like the South and North 24 Parganas, Kolkata, Howrah, Hoogly and East Midnapore are highly exposed to flood and cyclone. The northern districts of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri come unde...
In Maharashtra, leather artisans are spread across several districts and their population is concentrated in Kolhapur, Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Kolhapur, Satara, Solapur, Nagpur, Osmanabad and Raigad. Kolhapur is famous for its intricate art worked leather chappals which are better known as Kolhapuri c...
Globsyn Business School recently organised its 3rd Vision Seminar on ‘Corporate Ethics and Responsible Leadership’. Attention to ethics in the workplace prepares business leaders to confront workplace situations better. The previous two seminars were organised on ‘spirituality in management st...