The Secretary-General pointed to reports showing that, since the pandemic, the richest one percent of people around the world have captured nearly twice as much new wealth as the rest of the world combined. Inequalities within some countries, he said, are regressing towards early 20th Century levels, a time when women did not have the…
The US has predicted that the cooperation between Pakistan and China will turn into a military alliance. The US Institute of Peace has predicted that Pak-China cooperation will turn into a military alliance. The report also mentioned the reasons behind the rapprochement between Pakistan and China. The report said that the geographical and political changes…
Seeing the increase in plastic waste on the planet, experts have introduced a technology, thanks to which plastic can be converted into valuable industrial nanoparticles. Experts have named it Flash Joule technology. This technology, developed by scientists at Rice University, is the brainchild of Dr. K. Win Wyse, the first to use flash joule heating…
Flash Joule technology is a cost-effective and environmentally friendly process that can turn waste plastics into valuable and useful components. Photo. File Houston, USA: Every minute plastic waste is being piled up on the planet, only a small amount of it is being recycled. But now, thanks to a new technology, it can be converted…
Bringing together Governments, institutions, banks, businesses, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), youth, women, indigenous peoples and many other stakeholders from around the world, the UN 2023 Water Conference (22 to 24 March) will seek to find game-changing solutions to the multifaceted global crisis of ‘too much water’, such as storms and floods; ‘too little water’, such as…
Did you know that Samsung, one of the largest multinational companies in the world, started from a trading company that sold fish and noodles? According to the international website, only one company exports a fifth of South Korea’s total exports, and that is Samsung. Samsung is among the 20 largest companies in the world in…
“Today, we are here to start the job of moving the recommendations in Our Common Agenda from ideas to action – from abstract to concrete,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. Briefing the world body on Our Common Agenda, launched in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic as a guide to realizing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals…
By clicking a link on Instagram, the home environment can be filled with movie sets and virtual characters that can also be filmed. Photo: Courtesy of EE London: The British phone company EE has provided a facility called ‘Mini Movie Makers’, thanks to which teenagers can add 3D objects, dinosaurs, spaceships and other animated characters…
Highlighting recent achievements and challenges ahead following a year of tensions and political discord, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said the hope is that the confirmation of the new Government will provide an opportunity to structurally address the many pressing issues. ‘Glass half full’ “Effecting meaningful change will take time, as this can only happen through structural change…
