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Space travel is slowly becoming a reality for mankind. This new section will cover how space travel will affect our health. Some of these new discoveries will help the development of medicine on our mother earth too.

  In a transformative journey unfolding in the rural heartland of India, women are intricately weaving threads of change to attain economic independence. Tata Motors Samaj Vikas Kendra (SVK) has helped these women master the craft of ‘Chikankari’ and

Curiously, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals do not explicitly include language. Unesco’s International Mother Language Day recognises the links between language and sustainability.

With youth suicide rates rising, it’s vital that mental health forms part of global well-being targets, says Shekhar Saxena. With youth suicide rates rising, it’s vital that mental health forms part of global well-being targets, says Shekhar Saxena.

On the occasion of the 94th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV), Party General Secretary Prof.Nguyễn Phú Trọng pens an article titled

By Abu Bakarr Tarawally (Policy Analyst, Budget Advocacy Network) It is nine years, since world leaders met in New York, September 2015, during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), to adopt the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. These goals have 169 targets as part of a progressive agenda for sustainable development as they replaced the Millennium Development Goals.

The deadline to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) draws near and critical global objectives of poverty eradication are still to be met. In 2005 the EU and its Member States committed to collectively provide 0.7% of their Gross National Income in aid by 2015 to support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The EU remains the world`s aid champion, but in 2011 the EU delivered significantly less aid than in 2010 and it also lowered the proportion of its aid that was spent ...

Mr. Ambassador, in the run up to the recent u. S. China strategic and economic dialogue, there were a lot of press reports of the several issues that would be on the table. One of those included the ongoing solar panel dispute and resulting poly silicone tariffs from china. However in the fact sheets that came out, theres emphasis on steel and some of the other issues. But i saw no mention of the solar issue. I was just wondering if you could give us a status report on where that stands. Thank y...

One of the major social services the Eritrean government has been investing on is healthcare. Healthcare facilities have been built across the country to provide services to all segments of the society.The Ministry of Health (MOH) has made tremendous

DFID’s growing budget, influence, capability, focus, and political support from 2003 to 2010 allowed it, in these years, to make a substantial contribution towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. These years also saw the emergence of a cross-party political consensus that the UK should aim to play a leading role in international development, creating a platform for a further decade of strong British commitment towards the reduction of global poverty.