The odd-even scheme of the Aam Aadmi Party government to curb pollution got a thumbs up from Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.“I salute odd even, but important to think of the problem before it arises,” said Sen. The odd-even car rationing experiment was started on January 1 as one of the first measures to curb the high level of air pollution in Delhi. Over the last five days, a total of 1,938 drivers were prosecuted and fined Rs 2,000 each for violating the rule by traffic police.
Read More
The state government has officially laid down the plans for its odd-even formula on car registration numbers to curb traffic and pollution in the capital. While the new rules only apply to private car owners from the 1st to the 15th of January 2016, daily commuters aren’t quite happy about the new restrictions. To make things easier, we have listed some useful apps that one can use to travel daily.
Read More
Donald Trump’s statement suggesting that Muslims should be banned from entering the US has directly drawn attention to the brazenly rising anti-Islamic sentiments. Alarmed, public personalities have come out in criticism for the same with Google’s Sundar Pichai being the latest. Here’s what they’ve had to see about this:
Read More
Donald J.Trump just can’t seem to stay out of the news for his often careless and unapologetically downright controversial statements. The Republican frontrunner just caused an uproar over his call for a shutdown of Muslims entering the United States, until “representatives can figure out what is going on”. From women to Mexicans, no one has been spared of Trump’s idiopathic wrath. Here are some the most bizarre and offensive statements made by the toupee enthusiast himself.
Read More
United States of America has been now termed as the ‘Land of Guns’. This name is further validated when on the World Disability Day, a shootout took place in San Bernardino, California and 14 people lost their lives at a center for disabled people. here are five of the worst shootouts that USA has witnessed in recent times:
Read More
While hopes are pinned to the ongoing negotiations in Paris, climate change is an issue that the world has been trying to arrive at a consensus for nearly three decades now. Here’s a look back at the rocky road of international climate negotiations.
Read More
2015 will go down as the year of renewed commitments, with the Sustainable Development Goals and the COP21 which kicked off in Paris today. Climate Change has become one of the most pressing contemporary issues and there is a lot of hope pinned on the Paris summit to broker a globally acceptable deal to move towards a sustainable future. Here is what to expect from the summit:
Read More
