In Kolkata, Durga Puja is much more carnival than religious festival.Each pandal or wooden structure has it’s unique creativity.Though the famous Autumn Festival of Kolkata will start from October 4, the city is already transformed into a carnival.Pandal hoppers throng into pandals from the morning.Here is an unique pandas in South Kolkata dedicated to Bengalis films.
How Beekeeping Helps Kenyan Communities in Coping With Climate Change
According to the U.N. Environment Program, communities in drylands are most impacted by climate change, since frequent droughts and subsequent floods make conventional livelihoods like farming and livestock keeping nearly impossible. Kenyan conservation experts are helping these communities in creating alternative, climate-resilient livelihoods, including beekeeping,to help them cope with changing weather Patterns.
Guatemalan Journalist Dedicates Career to Give Voice to Indigenous Groups
In an effort to amplify the voices of those affected by human rights and environmental issues, a Guatemalan journalist Quimy de León,helped found a media outlet that focuses on marginalized and indigenous communities.Now she is being recognized for that work with an international press freedom award.
North Korean women in China catch ‘Disco Fever’
A rare video clip that shows North Korean women — dispatched to China as workers — dancing with Chinese men to loud disco music, indicates that they are picking up elements of capitalist culture that would be forbidden in their restrictive home country.
Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion Pushes Ukraine’s Drive Toward Digitization
Ukraine now a world leader in the driver, to digitize government services, from digital passports to apps that allow conscripts to update their details in the draft register or issue air alerts.
As UN Warns Kabul’s Groundwater Could Deplete by 2030,Residents Wait for Hours to Collect Water
Due to acute water shortages, residents of Kabul often have to wait for drinking water for hours at the dwindling wells in the Afghan capital. Within the next five to six years, urbanization and climate change could deplete the city’s groundwater,the United Nations cautions.
Despite Risks,Unaccompanied Child Migrants Keep Crossing US Border
One of the top entry points for migrants under the age of eighteen who enter the United States without proper documentation or adult companions is still South Texas.Although fewer crossings took place in the fiscal year 2024 than in previous years, the risks these children face remain concerning.
Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina on Death Row in Indonesia,is Coming Home
Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina who has spent 14 years on death row in Indonesia, will be coming home but will stay behind bars for the immediate future after being transferred to the custody of Philippine authorities, officials said.
Trapped in Lebanon, African Migrants Face Unemployment and Rockets
Many of the estimated 176,000 migrants living in Lebanon are African women who are working menial jobs.Many of them have been displaced since the start of the conflict and are facing uncertain futures.
