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 the other – be it drought or storm, be it spread of diseases caused by extreme weather condition or loss of farm yield. What is climate chan...
Global economy is hit by the coronavirus (Covid-19). It is taking its toll on the economy. Even world wars had not affected as many countries as coronavirus has done. Businesses, industries and service sectors have come to almost a grinding a halt. People engaged in emergency services like healthcar...
Climate change needs to be tackled at the policy level and at the level of implementation. BE’s Kishore Biswas spoke to Professor Jayanta Bandyopadhay, an expert on various climate change issues, who is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, Kolkata.Q. People talk ab...
Thirty-two thousand corpses are cremated in Varanasi every year and 200 tonnes of half-burnt flesh end up in the Ganges, according to a report published in a national English daily.Atul Gawande, an Indo-American surgeon and writer, in his book on ageing and death titled ‘Being Mortal’, des...
COP 1: 1995 - Berlin, Germany · Groundwork laid for the Kyoto Protocol· Provision for providing technical and financial support to developing countriesCOP 2: 1996 - Geneva, Switzerland· &nbs...
One can’t imagine running a modern-day office without internet connectivity. Data, which is considered the fuel of the digital economy, needs capturing, processing and transmission for which the fastest media is internet supported services. In today’s workplace, where digital devices and platfor...
“How did they manage to pull this off!” – people often exclaim while watching movies. Well, those cinematic experiences can be best attributed to special effects (SFX), visual effects (VFX), and animation. Special effects do happen in reality and are achieved on sets during shooting in a...
According to the Confederation of the Indian Industries (CII), in FY21, India’s GDP growth could fall below 5% in the absence of an immediate policy action. The outbreak of the coronavirus that has brought Indian industries to a standstill is a major reason for this fall. Already the demand ...
The contribution of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) to Indian export and GDP stands at around 50% and 40%, respectively. The growth curve of the Indian economy is largely controlled by this sector. The disruption of the global supply chain as well as the national lockdown ...
Dr. Karan Singh delivered the keynote address at the recently concluded 12th World Confluence of Humanity, Power and Spirituality. Dr. Karan Singh, the son of Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir, had been the President and subsequently the Governor of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir. He was a membe...