India only has 4% of the world’s freshwater resources despite a population of over 1.3 billion people. SaveWaterSaveCity.com and an NGO initiated by Rishi Raj Agarwal has taken an uphill task to create awareness among all people the importance of water in human life. India only has 4% of the world’s freshwater resources despite a…
The fears of a new lethal disease have increased after the woman tested negative for a range of tests including Ebola making scientists nervous about the spread of a new lethal virus. The novel Coronavirus is also believed to have originated in one of the wildlife markets in the Wuhan city of China. Even as…
Water use has been growing globally at more than twice the rate of population increase in the last century, and an increasing number of regions are reaching the limit at which water services can be sustainably delivered. Essentially, demographic growth and economic development are putting unprecedented pressure on renewable, but finite water resources, especially in arid…
In Yemen, at least eight civilians were killed and 13 others injured Thursday in an artillery attack on an industrial compound in the port of Hodeidah. Yemen’s Saudi-backed government blamed Houthi rebels for the deaths. The latest fighting in Yemen has exacerbated the world’s worst humanitarian crisis — where the United Nations warns about 80%…
Jan. 5 (UPI) — Hundreds of residents in Western Australia were forced to flee from their homes Tuesday as a series of out-of-control wildfires ripped through the state amid scorching temperatures. Gusty winds combined with temperatures of almost 100 degrees in some parts of the state hampered firefighters as they contended with uncontained fires, including one near…
Extracting underground natural resources is causing land to sink in on itself, which will put 635 million people at risk by 2040. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/its-official-ground-sinking-180976688/ A study published last month suggests 8 percent of the world’s ground surface is on track to sink by 2040, making the affected regions more susceptible to flooding and other disasters, reports…
Prominent Republicans were unhappy with Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s attempt to assign a gender to the word ‘amen.’ Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro blasted Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., Monday for his “idiotic” closing of the 117th Congress’ opening prayer in which he altered the traditional ending of “amen” to “Amen and a-woman.” “The prayer with which Congress opened is, I believe, the…
Throwing open our borders to virtually unrestricted immigration would cause a crisis. President-elect Joe Biden is already backpedaling on a dangerous campaign promise that pleased advocates of open borders, but would create a humanitarian and national security crisis on our border with Mexico. While he pledged during the election campaign to roll back President Trump’s policies that have…
The new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus first identified in the United Kingdom and now present in many other countries was spreading at great speed. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears on BBC TV’s The Andrew Marr Show in London, UK, January 3, 2021 (photo credit: JEFF OVERS/BBC/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) British Prime Minister Boris…