That’s the warning from UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Day Two of the pivotal Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) taking place in the Caribbean twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda this week. The 39 States known collectively as SIDS have been uniquely vulnerable to the trifecta of COVID – which…
“Without universal and meaningful connectivity for all, the right to information is an empty promise for billions of people around the world,” Irene Khan said in her message to mark the International Day for Universal Access to Information, observed annually on 28 September. The focus this year is on the importance of the online space. She said the Internet is…
Pune: In the Indian city of Pune, the world’s first fountain was made from empty chip wrappers. According to the Indian media, for the first time in the world glasses have been made by recycling the empty wrappers of chips, a start-up company in the Indian city of Pune has done this unique work. “These…
