In ‘Khaki in Dust Storm’, former DGP Amod K. Kanth revisits the 1980s and 1990s when India witnessed riots, political assassinations & growing culture of drug abuse. I looked after the anti-narcotics section of the Crime Branch for nearly five years (1985–1990) during my tenure as Deputy Commissioner of Police

In a myth-busting new film, director Stanley Nelson looks back on the crack epidemic on the 1980s and how the government harmed the black community Nestled in Jungle Fever, Spike Lee’s meditation on interracial love is a harrowing depiction of how crack consumes and corrupts. In a supporting role, Samuel

Between 1997 and 2016, the global mean carbon dioxide emissions from wildfires were approximately 22% of carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels. Wildfires are one of the most devastating manifestations of human-induced climate change. These wildfires can sequentially increase mortality, morbidity, and mental health concerns, according to a new report that analyzed

The cleverest of all organisms, they make medicine, nourish plants, digest pollutants, and even influence the Earth’s atmosphere, according to Merlin Sheldrake. he biologist Merlin Sheldrake is an intriguing character. In a video promoting the publication of his book Entangled Life, which explores the mysterious world of fungi, he cooks and

The days of complete privacy or offline days were a luxury that was last experienced by the generation born in 80s. A time when a secret whispered into your best-friend’s ear often went to the grave with them. The time before the personal computer was personal time. Personal, private spaces

The Council of Europe has warned of a potential increase in the use of biological weapons, like viruses or bacterias, in a post-coronavirus world. Terrorists would not forget “lessons learned” during the pandemic. Security experts from the Council of Europe have warned that the global coronavirus outbreak may increase the

People are going to be walking away in droves from Uber, Lyft, and public transit after the pandemic, IBM found in a study of 14,000 people. An IBM survey of 14,000 people has found that people plan to use personal transportation more, while using public transit and ride-sharing services less, in the

For the third year in a row, millennials who participated in the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Survey 2017 believe climate change is the most serious issue affecting the world today. Nearly half (48.8%) of the survey participants chose climate change as their top concern, and 78.1% said they would be willing

BY ROBERT MUGGAH | Foreign Policy   Drug cartels are facing broken supply chains, shrinking revenues, and shifting markets. Rising violence is just one effect. o say that COVID-19 changes everything is already a cliché. But it’s also true. The pandemic is deepening tension between China and the United States, accelerating

Across the globe, refugees are trying to settle into new surroundings and are running into new challenges thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. But too often news coverage of refugee issues doesn’t include the people’s own voices. We coordinate the Refugees in Towns project, which is a network of refugee researchers and humanitarian workers who we

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) already the most water-stressed region in the world, faces a worsening crisis in terms of its access to water in the decades to come. A country is water-stressed when it cannot provide the minimum water supply to satisfy the essential needs of its population.