COMMENTARY

The BBC News website is now reporting that the death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquake, at the time of writing, has passed 33,000, exceeding the more than 17,000 killed when a similar quake hit...

Regrettably, a segment of the British media believes that developing countries should focus all of their resources and efforts on poverty alleviation rather than space exploration. In essence, such a stance could be seen...

Around the world, Muslims mark the Festival of Sacrifice on the 10th day of the holy month of Dhu al-Hijjah. It honors Abraham’s willingness to slay his son Ishmael at Allah’s bidding. The killing...

Unregulated AI poses a significant threat to individual privacy, autonomy, and societal harmony, eerily reminiscent of the Orwellian dystopia depicted in the classic novel, 1984. In this chilling tale, George Orwell writes, "Big Brother...

Soccer is the most popular sport on the planet (outside of the United States), and the FIFA World Cup is thus possibly the largest mega-event in sports, possibly even surpassing the Olympics in terms...

India has the most cattle in the world. They are not worshiped in temples, nor do they amble through the countryside eating as they go. In India, there are no happy cows or buffaloes. Since...

When we eat foods that contain carbohydrates like whole grains, pasta, white bread, fruits, legumes, and vegetables like potatoes they are converted into simple sugar i.e. glucose in the body and released in the...

Patriarchy has been a dominant part of all cultures and India’s North East is no different. Patriarchy manifests itself even in the behavior, thinking, worldview, and responses of women to different situations. Before people...

All around the world teachers and doctors attract enormous respect from the general public, who understand that these are not just difficult jobs to do well, but they remain extremely valuable occupations to any...

The United Nations Development Programme and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative have recently unveiled the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index for 2023. This index gathers data from a whopping 110 developing countries, comprising...