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London, Sept 21: President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia's first mobilisation since World War Two, warning the West that if it continued what he called its "nuclear blackmail" that Moscow would respond with the might of all its vast arsenal.

Day after day, the world's scientific community, based on solid investigations, elaborates dozens of studies identifying the causes of the existing emergencies facing humanity. They also prepare under

Divisive politics during the ongoing climate calamity has denuded the country of a unified response.

What is disconcerting is the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government’s repeated dismissals of such credible appraisals

Grave news comes to us from the United Nations. The latest Human Development Report (2021–22) records that for the first time in 32 years, the Human Development Index has registered a second consecutive year of decline.The previous five years of gains in areas such as health and education have been negated by this reversal.

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

The slowdown in the growth of life expectancy, schooling, and income has become a major challenge.

BY KRISHNA JHA Covid was a reality all over the world in the years of 2020-2021.The epidemic was not alone, it was followed by devastation. The victim countries were dragged down from the development level they had been. India was no exception. But for other countries, their agenda never allowed any compromise with progress and

<strong>Michael Roberts</strong> looks at the appalling life expectancy and human development figures in the 21st century

The Karnataka government has stepped up vigilance on the movement of people from neighbouring Kerala in the communally-sensitive border district of Kodagu as a preventive measure to check criminal activities.