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Stabilizing the Planet By Dr Arvind Kumar The present day governments can least be expected to do someday what they are supposed to do – represent their constituents and act in their interests. There also seems lack of initiative on the part of global civil society to inspire a desperately needed consciousness among the people who reject all false solutions while also demanding nothing less a new system which functions to serve only the essential needs of the people while protecting all life and our planet. To date, the most critical aspects of climate change are the imperatives every citizen has the right to know: 1) In order to stabilize the planet, the world must achieve zero carbon emissions. Zero is the only number that matters and it must be achieved in a matter of years, not decades. We are in a planetary emergency at less than 1ºC rise. 2) The current rat race for economic growth is the root cause of climate change. 3) A mass mobilization on a global scale i...

India Water Foundation (IWF) nurtures its Vision to visualize Asia-Pacific region as a water-surplus region sans environmental hazards  by 2050 by integrating approaches as key components of sustainable development into national policy at local, provincial, national and regional levels by harnessing water-energy-climate-food nexus approach, assimilation and dissemination of wit and wisdom from local to global level and vice versa , promotion of inter-sectoral convergence in water and environment sectors, capacity-building of all stakeholders in water and environment sectors, equal emphasis on Soft and Hard Solutions to water and environment related problems and to change the mind-set of the stakeholders to perceive water as Environment Plus for  sustainable development goal .     The IWF works amongst the people at the grassroots level, especially amongst the marginalized and weaker sections, women, tribals and the poorest communities in India a...

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World Cancer Day By Dr Arvind Kumar Each year 4th February is observed as World Cancer Day. World Cancer Day is part of the World Cancer Campaign, which responds to the Charter of Paris adopted at the World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium on 4 February 2000. It called for a strong alliance between researchers, health-care professionals, patients, governments, industry partners and the media to fight cancer. 2011 is an exciting time which promises to be an important year with the UN Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) taking place in September this year. More than ever before there is a need for a concerted and coordinated fight against cancer, and we believe that World Cancer Day can play its part by providing an even bigger platform for your cancer messages. According to broad estimates, about 12.7 million people discover that they have cancer and of them, 7.6 million die. Two-thirds of these distressing deaths occur in low and middle income countri...

Vasant Panchami Vasant Panchami festival is celebrated mainly in North India. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says that ‘Vasant’ is one of his forms. Basant Panchami is purely a festival of nature and there is no major scriptural story associated with it as is the case of most Hindu festivals. Vasant Panchami is essentially welcoming the blossoming nature after the harsh winter. ‘Vasant’ means spring and ‘Panchami’ is the fifth day after Amavasi in  Magh month  when it is celebrated Saraswathi Pooja, Hindus worship  Saraswati  Devi, the goddess of knowledge, music, art and culture. Vasant Panchami is the first and more minor of two spring-themed festivals in Hindu culture. Vasant Panchami initiates the spring festive cycle and heralds its summation that occurs with  Holi . The seasonal aspects of the festival are more significant in  Northern India  due to the sharper contrast between the winter and the spring, however the fes...