Description automatically generated with low confidence[watch the recording, endorse the joint statement condemning the Coup d'état in Burma] Growing number of civil society networks for peace, health and human rights from around the world are unifying their call for federal democracy

Nearly five years ago now, I wrote about a courageous Coptic Christian woman and a brave Coptic Bishop who stood with her and her son in the “Bedouin arbitration” court after she fell victim to a heinous crime. *As justice is never served through the “Bedouin” process of a

“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” Winston S. Churchill. The disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir stands apart as the most cantankerous of conflicts, with the catastrophic possibility of nuclear devastation. After all India and Pakistan have fough

In present century the USA has been coming close to India in military matters starting from 2008 when ‘United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act’ was signed and keeping the containment of China (in Indo-Pacific region) by the West led by the

HIV science has advanced but policies and programmes have been slow to respond towards ending AIDS, said Mitchell Warren, co-chair of the global conference on HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P) and Executive Director of AVAC (Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention).

Scientific advances ha

Agriculture crisis highlighted by farmer’s agitation is a blessing in disguise to usher India into unprecedented economic progress (ii)- Problems of two thirds of India, neglected for decades, can’t be solved by traditional methods

-- In India the small & marginal land h

Description automatically generatedIndia along with 193 countries had promised to halve deaths and serious injuries on the roads by 2020 (as part of UN Sustainable Development Goals). But we have failed to keep this promise as the year 2020 passed by. In 2015, number of road traffic accident deat

Sub: - The USA still does not understand the formidable threat of ‘authoritarian Chinese democracy’ to ‘liberal Western democracy’ especially in the developing World. 

-- In the end of September after UNGA 2020 when the entire world was struggling due to Cor

 When the Saudi crown prince, together with the UAE ruler, Mohammed bin Zayed, moved against Qatar in late 2017, the charge sheet against the tiny Gulf state was long. They, along with Bahrain and Egypt, accused their neighbour of backing Iran’s ambitions, and supporting Islamist group

While the currently available HIV prevention and treatment tools have helped reduce new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths by 23% and 39% respectively since 2010, we still have a long way to go before ending this epidemic. With 1.7 million new HIV infections and 690,000 AIDS-related deaths in

In order to resolve the serious problems created by the encircling of  India’s capital Delhi by hundreds of thousand of protesting farmers, the body of their 40 trade unions ‘the Samyukta Kisan Morcha’ (SKM)  should have  taken three measures (as mentioned at 

Though other elements are not the same when Ukraine lost Crimea to Russia in a blood-less military operation in 2014 despite Budapest Memorandum 1994 [which placed responsibility mainly on Russia, UK and USA (along with China & France which gave some sort of assurance) for the territorial int

You guessed it right. I am talking about the dapivirine vaginal ring (DPV-VR), which is one of the top advances happening in the field of microbicides. It is the first long acting prevention product whose Phase-3 randomised controlled studies have shown that using the dapivirine vaginal ring redu

The US-president Joe Biden must be knowing that Chinese democracy (as Chinese Prez Xi calls it) has posed a serious threat to Western democracy especially in the developing world (by way of example) because despite being an Asian country China has achieved spectacular economic progress through th

“Kashmiris are not enemies of India or hold any grudge against its inhabitants. We are desirous of a strong India and Pakistan and it is only possible when Kashmir issue is resolved to pave the way for peace, prosperity and development in the region.” Syed Ali Geelani, Veteran charism