Humanity is not with Humans, but it is with AI
Wild animals are not wilder any more. Frankly stating "wild animal" is the term developed and used by the humans who are now walking the path of wilderness. We humans have proved from our actions that we are now "Wild Humans" destroying the nature, killing the biodiversity and spreading the seeds of inhumanity between nations. Unlike, animals have...
As White Melts Black Thickens to Threaten the Planet
Imagine that every single second 24,000 tons of blinding white ice solidified thousands of years back melts and adds blue water to the world's oceans? That is equivalent to 750 billion tons of ice every year. Reason? The black emissions. Effect? Deaths of polar bears that live only in ice continents in polar regions. The fiery dance of colour...
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE MOST POPULATED COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
By Dr Chandrakant S. PandavPadmashree Awardee (2021),Former Professor & Head, Centre for Community Medicine, The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, The Iodine Man of India, President – Indian Coalition for Control on Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD, New Delhi), IndiaIn Collaboration with –Prof. Rishi S. BharadwajPro...
Multiple Pandemics. But we have Multiple Ways OUT!
COVID-19 is not the only pandemic that has trapped humanity. Conflicts between nations, climate change that is heating the world and catastrophic loss of biodiversity are also pandemics that have invisibly engulfed the world. Worse, these three pandemics are interlinked between themselves and also with COVID19! The classical definition of...
Leave behind Catch-22 and move forward with Angel 23
Catch-22 is defined as a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules or limitations. An example of a catch-22 is a thought: 'How can one get any experience without getting a job that gives one experience'. We had a such situation in the year 2022. While humanity was succeeding in the war against COVID...
We all heard an alarming cry of 2022. It was the cry of the 8 billionth baby borne on the Earth. It was in reality a roaring warning for the world to change our developmental path. The world now needs to produce more Food and Energy and draw more Water for the population of 8 billion which would reach about 8.6 billion by 2030 and nearly 9.8 billi...
COVID, Conflict and Climate, 3-Cs, seem to be at the core of the planet's complex challenges in 2022 that are now risking global SDGs. Our pledge of 'Leaving no one Behind' is failing is nearly forgotten. We are far from meeting SDGs, and we already left so many behind last year. We are left with a dilemma as to which is the case, and which is the ...
In absence of our willingness to use ' Natural Intelligence' to take any actions on the unprecedented climate crisis, we have now no choice but to rely on the accelerated deployment of Artificial Intelligence to predict extreme climate events, and weather patterns and save our civilization. One of the seminal cores of AI is related to improving pre...
The world faces ever-escalating, cascading and entwined global crises and conflicts. The aspirations set out at the beginning of the 21st century and capsuled by United Nations in Millennium Development Goals and later booster-dosed in 2015 through with a vaccine of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are in jeopardy. The UN Se...
Each hour of video conferencing, which is the average time for online meetings and classes in the university nowadays, emits 1 kilogram of Carbon dioxide. Online meetings are now becoming common features of not only University education but entering the bottom of the social pyramid in developing countries. Smart and educated farmers are negot...
United Nations emphasize the role of Media United Nations termed Climate Change as a war against nature. Journalism is now taking a central role to address the global challenge of Climate Change. Mass communication from television and radio, to newspapers and magazines, to websites and social media, has the power of enhancing the scale and spe...
Key-board of Sustainable Development Education is a Human right. Out of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Goal 4 is about quality education. It is expected to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. SDG 4 is in focus for two reasons. First, the 10 targets of SDGs4 are far off...
New Math of Global Cooperation "Reinvigorating Multilateralism" was the theme of the report, 'Our Common Agenda' released by Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) one year back. UN SG's report had an important message which was kind of a vaccine for multiple crises gripping the world. That vaccine was a blend of multilateralism,...
100 Days to COP 27 0 Days to Begin Action 30th July 2022 marks 100 days to go for the UN global conference of COP27 to be held in Egypt. Are we really going to make any progress in that COP (Conference of Parties) in November 2022? A window of opportunity is cracked open for the humanity that is dangerously balancing on the cliff. To be positive, t...
A Message for City-University Partnership Common Wealth Games is the global multi-sport event of 72 nations. The nations, many of which larger in area, wealth and population were once ruled by one empire, are now liberated from the clutches of that kingdom and coming together to compete in sports events in the same kingdom. A unique twist to histor...
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