Know Whether Artificial Intelligence Opportunity or Job-Killer?
New Delhi (ABC Live): Artificial Intelligence :There is little doubt artificial intelligence (AI) will play a major role in the future of work – a future that has already begun. Think, for example, of...
View ArticleUNGA Declares UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
New Delhi (ABC Live): UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration : The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, declared today by the UN General Assembly, aims to massively scale up the restoration of degraded and...
View ArticleUN Environment Assembly Adopts Blueprint for Sustainable Future
New Delhi (ABC Live): UN Environment Assembly : The world today laid the groundwork for a radical shift to a more sustainable future, where innovation will be harnessed to tackle environmental...
View ArticleWIPO Cybersquatting Cases Touch New Record in 2018
Geneva (ABC Live): WIPO Cybersquatting : Trademark owners filed a record 3,447 cases under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) with WIPO’s Arbitration and Mediation Center in 2018...
View ArticleWMO Bats for Precautionary Approach on Marine geoengineering
New Delhi (ABC Live): Marine geoengineering : Recent developments in the climate change arena, including the Paris Agreement in 2015 and the publication of the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of...
View ArticleDoctrine of Judicial Precedent Needs Review in India
New Delhi (ABC Live): Doctrine of Judicial Precedent : The pyramidal structure of the Indian judiciary is a feature most persons are aware of. There are three tiers: The Supreme Court is at the top,...
View ArticleWorld Tuberculosis Day Reminds Fight Against TB
New Delhi (ABC Live): World Tuberculosis Day : Tuberculosis, or TB, is not only the world’s top infectious killer, it is also the leading cause of deaths among people with HIV and a major cause of...
View ArticleKnow The Role of Sun in Global Warming
New Delhi (ABC Live): Global Warming: Against a background of serious warnings against the effects of climate change, World Meteorological Day this year celebrates the crucial role played by the sun in...
View ArticleRead Christine Lagarde View of Corporate Taxation
Washington D.C. (ABC Live): Corporate Taxation : International Monetary Fund Chief, Ms. Christine Lagarde delivered her opening remark on Corporate Taxation in the Global Economy at Peterson Institute...
View ArticleAsia Leads in International Innovations Patenting
Geneva (ABC Live): International Innovations Patenting : Asia-based innovators filed more than half of all international patent applications via WIPO for the first time in 2018 on significant growth...
View ArticleWMO Releases State of the Global Climate Report
New Delhi (ABC Live): State of the Global Climate report : The increasing number of natural disasters and dangers linked to climate change, highlighted in a major UN report released on Thursday,...
View ArticleUNSC Adopts Resolution Against Terror Funding
New York (ABC Live): Terror Funding : The UN is hailing a new Security Council resolution adopted on Thursday as a landmark step in suppressing the funding of terror groups worldwide. Speaking via...
View ArticleWHO Issues New Advisory on Human Genome Editing
New Delhi (ABC Live): Human Genome Editing: The World Health Organization’s new advisory committee on developing global standards for governance and oversight of human genome editing has agreed to work...
View ArticleR20 Coalition Bats for Stopping Fossil Fuels Subsidies
New Delhi (ABC Live India): Fossil Fuels Subsidies : “We need to tax pollution, not people”, and “end subsidies for fossil fuels,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the World Summit of the R20...
View ArticleITU Bats for Artificial Intelligence for Smart Sustainable Development
Geneva (ABC Live India): Smart Sustainable Development : Artificial intelligence , or AI, is at the forefront of fighting hunger, mitigating the climate crisis and facilitating “the transition to Smart...
View ArticleIAEA Develops Tool to Track Sources of Nitrogen Water Pollution
Geneva (ABC Live India) : Nitrogen Water Pollution : The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts, has developed an innovative method for tracing...
View ArticleUNEP Projects Vision for Lowering Delhi Air Pollution
New Delhi (ABC Live): Delhi Air Pollution : When thirty-eight-year-old Jasmine Shah moved to Delhi in 2013 and found himself engulfed in the city’s toxic winter smog, everything changed for him. “This...
View Article2019 World Environment Day Alerts World On Air Pollution
New Delhi (ABC Live): 2019 World Environment Day : An independent UN expert said on Monday that the failure of governments across the world to ensure clear air, constitutes a “violation of the rights...
View ArticleWorld All Set to Have Central Banks Digital Currency Soon
New Delhi (ABC Live India): Central Banks Digital Currency : Every day, it seems, brings a new privately issued digital (and crypto) currency. These may not be alone for much longer. Central banks are...
View ArticleIHR Emergency Committee on Polio Extends Recommendations
New Delhi (ABC Live India): IHR Emergency Committee : The twenty-first meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of...
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