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The Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 - one of India’s worst industrial disasters-- affected people across a substantially more widespread area than previously thought, according to a research paper published in the BMJ Open.

The world shows no improvement in the level of prejudice shown against women over the past decade, with almost nine out of 10 men and women worldwide, still holding such biases, according to a new UN report.

Armed conflicts, forced displacement, climate change and other crises increased the number of crisis-impacted children in need of urgent quality education to 224 million, according to a new Global Estimates Study.

About 1.6 million people worldwide fall ill every day from eating contaminated food, which kills 4,20,000 people each year, said the United Nations as the world observed the World Food Safety DayJune 7.

Despite Artificial Intelligence (AI) gaining importance in for education as it can enhance the quality, accessibility and personalisation of learning, it comes with many risks. With this in mind, UNESCO unveiled a new AI roadmap for classrooms on May 26, 2023, to guide policy-makers and educators on how to use generative AI tools.

In a new study, researchers claimed that rising temperatures due to climate change influence human migration patterns. The researchers from University College London published the findings in the open-access journal PLOS Climate.

To ensure a human-centric and ethical development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Europe, Members of the European Parliament reached a deal last week on the new draft of the European Union’s ambitious Artificial Intelligence Act, first drafted two years ago.

Press Freedom Always Under Threat; 2022 The Worst

Around 90 per cent of adolescent girls and young women do not use the internet in low-income countries, compared to 78 per cent of adolescent boys and young men of the same age who do not use the internet, according to a new UNICEF analysis.

COVID-19 related stress impacted the mental health of those who were pregnant during the pandemic, than those who were not, said a...