Flash and Facts
7 November 2013
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A Swiftly Warming Planet
Climate change has become a tangible reality. " As a time when governments throughout the world are struggling to boost growth, increase access to energy, and improve food security, it is ...
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17 October 2013
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Lost or Wasted !
Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year gets lost or wasted - Report Food and Agriculture Organization -FAO- (UN). This represents annually approximately ...
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17 October 2013
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Criminal Networks enjoy Sports
Sport is a multi-billion dollar business which attracts more and more criminal organizations. Corruption, match-fixing and doping represent the dark side of sports. Europol revealed a few month ago ...
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27 September 2013
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Germany and India face a similar problem
Massive investments in infrastructure are required. And this does not concern only India. Surprisingly Germany is also affected by a lack of investment in this strategic sector. But let us begin ...
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27 September 2013
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Europe is not an Island
Deep poverty does exist in Europe. And it is time for action. The EU's target is to reduce poverty by lifting 20 million people out of the risk of poverty or social exclusion by 2020. According ...
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7 September 2013
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A Poor Management of Water Resources
Indians are tapping their underground aquifers faster than nature can replenish it. A report from the National Geophysical Research Institute in Hyderabad concluded that groundwater supplies in many ...
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7 September 2013
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The Cost of Air Congestion
The free movement of people and goods has a cost. Although the regulation has brought some inprovements in use of airport capacity, it is still not adequate to address the increasing congestion at ...
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16 August 2013
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Switzerland tops Global Innovation Index
According to a report drawn up by Cornell University(USA), Insead Institute (France) and the World Intellectual Property Organization, Switzerland remains for the third time in a row the most ...
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16 August 2013
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A Financial Time Bomb
The vast majority of people around the world support the idea of living longer. But few among them take into account the financial consequences of this trend. However this issue represents a real ...
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30 July 2013
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Member of an Exclusive Club
India belongs undoubtely to the elitist club of the world's major space nations. India is now ranked among the advanced spacefaring nations. Its activities are very much dictated by strategic ...
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