Increased public awareness can defeat epilepsy from society

Epilepsy is the fourth most common chronic disorder of the brain characterized by recurrent ‘seizures’ or ‘fits. The seizures are caused due to sudden, excessive and abnormal electrical discharges in the brain cells. It can affect people of all ages; however, each individual has its unique concerns and problems. Epilepsy is a disorder of the […]

Job creation during Covid crisis

The consensus view is that both the UK and the global economy will be smaller in 2021 than they were in 2019

By: Gordon Brown & Robert Skidelsky In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, both the US and European economies are gearing up for large-scale job creation. US President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to invest $700 billion in manufacturing and innovation, plus $2 trillion in a “Biden Green Deal” to combat climate change and promote clean […]

Protecting women with more than words

Studies of peace processes in the past 30 years suggest that when women have a say in negotiations, there is a much better chance of reaching a deal — and of achieving an enduring settlement.

By: Margot Wallstrom & Dan Smith It has now been 20 years since the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted the Resolution on Women, Peace, and Security (Resolution 1325), challenging the international community to improve the conditions for women and girls, particularly those affected by armed conflict. Specifically, Resolution 1325 established four pillars for global […]

Charlie Hebdo Cartoons and Blasphemy Laws in Contemporary Times

By: Ram Puniyani The murder of French school teacher Samuel Paty by an 18 year old Muslim boy of Russian origin has opened the Pandora’s Box all over. Few days’ later three people were killed in Nice, in France again. There were protests against France in few Muslim majority countries like Bangla Desh and there […]

THE Irreplaceable SOUL: Dedicated to my mother

TUM KYA GAYE KI ROOTH GAYE DIN BAHAR KE (YOU LEFT TAKING THE GLORY ALONG) By: Afroza Rather Though writing in ink I am, I would love to turn every drop of my blood into ink for expressing what my mother means to me. A complete pall of gloom descended upon us and me in […]

Don’t overestimate the Covid-19 recovery

The eurozone is in even worse shape. Not only has the pandemic decimated short-term growth; deflation is now setting in, raising the risk of a prolonged contraction

By: Eswar Prasad The world economy has risen from the depths of the initial Covid-19 plunge. But the recovery has been tepid, uneven, and fragile – and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. Start with the good news. World merchandise trade has rebounded strongly, consistent with indications of a revival in household […]

Listen to the science

As natural buffers between humans and disease-carrying animals erode, pandemics as bad as the current one could become even more likely

BY: Lars Heikensten, Marcia McNutt, & Johan Rockström The announcement of this year’s Nobel Prize laureates should remind us of the many contributions basic science has made to contemporary life. With Covid-19 ravaging much of humanity, and the world anxiously awaiting a breakthrough that can end the pandemic, we can no longer take science for […]

Post-pandemic geopolitics

Estimating the long-term effect of the current pandemic is not an exact prediction of the future, but an exercise in weighing probabilities and adjusting current policies

By: Joseph S. Nye, Jr. There is no single future until it happens, and any effort to envision geopolitics in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic must include a range of possible futures. I suggest five plausible futures in 2030, but obviously others can be imagined. The end of the globalised liberal order. The world […]

Renal Complications on the rise amid COVID

By: Dr Sudeep Singh Sachdev Hitting the nation as well as the world, the COVID pandemic continues to be a growing health crisis day-by-day. With over six months of the crisis, the geriatric population has been recorded to be affected the most and the age factor poses an extreme threat to mortality and rate of […]