The collapse of the post-Cold War world order is not simply a military or geopolitical event. It also signals the breakdown of a social contract that humanity had started rebuilding post-WWII. It got depreciated with the Vietnam War, the Arab-Israel Wars of 67 and 73, Indo-Pak Wars of 65 and 71, the Soviet invasion of […]
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Investing in Children: Punjab’s Human Capital Imperative
The defining resource of the 21st-century economy is not oil, land or capital, it is people. Yet a profound paradox confronts the world’s most advanced economies: as their industrial and technological appetites grow, their workforces are shrinking. China’s decades-long One-Child Policy has resulted in an ageing society and a shrinking labour force. Europe faces similar […]
Human and Economic Costs of War
War is often discussed in the language of strategy, deterrence, and national security. Governments and military planners frame conflicts in terms of victory, tactical advantage, or geopolitical influence. Yet beyond these calculations lies a far more painful reality: war is destruction. It destroys lives, livelihoods, economies, and the fragile systems that sustain societies. It deepens […]
Experts foresee human extinction
Radically shifting climate changes pose a threat to human extinction as indicated by the researchers at the University of Cambridge. These researchers have pointed out to the political authorities to takes action to minimise the course of these events. “There are plenty of reasons to believe climate change could become catastrophic, even at modest levels […]
Stranded Rohingyas linked to human trafficking – Thai police
Thai police said on Thursday there is enough evidence to press human trafficking charges against the captain and crew of a boat carrying 65 Rohingya Muslims that was shipwrecked this week on a southern Thai island. Many Rohingya Muslims have boarded boats in recent months to try to reach Malaysia, part of what authorities fear […]
Chinese scientists create monkeys with human brain genes
Chinese scientists have implanted human brain genes into monkeys, in a study intended to provide insights into the unique evolution of human intelligence. Researchers inserted human versions of MCPH1, a gene that scientists believe plays a role in the development of the human brain, into 11 rhesus monkeys. They found the monkeys’ brains — like […]