It is no accident that some of the world’s greatest early civilizations were built around rivers and water bodies, be it the Indus Valley Civilization around the Indus river in India, or the Ancient Egyptian civilization around the Nile. Judging by its significance in human life, it would not be an understatement to say that … More UN SDG-6 – Clean Water And Sanitation And India
Nature and the environment around us have been silent providers to all organisms on earth for eons, from the microscopic to the massive, and have been exploited by a wide variety of species which have depended on the resources that Mother Nature has provided for their survival. The earth might have been existing since millennia … More World Environment Day – A Clarion Call Towards Conserving Biodiversity
The debate on technological upgradation and human employment has been raging for a while now, and is set to get more heated as advancements in technology continue to shake up the workplace. SDG 8 advocates a focus on labour-intensive sectors with diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, in order to make a more efficient, productive and … More The Rise of the Machines, and its Effect on Employment (SDG-8)
The global pandemic caused by the spread of COVID-19 has caused mass distress and suffering for millions across the globe, and has presented unprecedented difficulties to people of all economic strata. In such a scenario, the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations is bound to be severely affected, and this … More The SDGs In The Time Of Covid-19
In a previous article (“Mental Health and Legislation in India” – https://wp.me/pbOGpV-gi), I had dealt with the very urgent topic of mental health, its SDG connection, the related legislation in India and its salient features. In this article, I intend to shed light upon the various shortcomings of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. A reading … More The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 – Scope For Improvement
Inclusive, equitable and good quality education at all levels is extremely necessary for the personal growth of a child and the development of the nation, be it in their personal sense of achievement and self-respect, their economic self-sustenance, or their contribution to the nation’s economic, scientific and humanitarian welfare. However, it is clear from reliable … More Quality Education (SDG 4) And Its Importance In The Modern World
Knowledge and information have become key factors in determining the efficiency, progress and development of countries in the world today, and in this situation, the dissemination of this knowledge needs to be efficient, effective and necessarily cheap too. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes that the spread of information and communication technology (ICTs) and … More ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and SDGs(Sustainable Development Goals)
The evolution of the corporate world and the steady rise in consumption patterns of customers around the world has made some corporate entities extremely affluent and powerful over time, with multi-billion dollar companies now no longer a pipe dream. However, the fact remains that many of these companies did build their wealth out of exploiting … More Corporate Innovation On The Road To The SDGs
The land on earth is home to a wealth of organisms, ranging from microscopic creatures like bacteria to the most mammoth organisms like the elephants, with estimates of the number of unique species ranging between 5.3 million and 1 trillion. The ways of the earth are ancient and mysterious, and not even the curiosity of … More Biodiversity: SDG and the legislative perspective
Climate change today is a very real problem, and its effects are showing more and more frequently all over the world, with rising temperatures, melting ice-caps, droughts and food scarcity arising out of this silent menace. Climate change may seem like a distant problem, and one that is controlled more by the forces of nature … More Climate Change And The Sustainable Development Goals – Intricately Interconnected
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