We've Been Living With COVID-19 For Over 10 Months. How Does Your Corona Comfort Level Compare With Others?
How does your coronavirus experience compare to everyone else?
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An ER Doctor’s Diary Of Three Brutal Weeks Fighting COVID-19
“Today we feel like one big army devoted to one fight. Today it feels like maybe, just maybe, we can keep up.”
Omicron Now Accounts For The Majority Of New COVID Cases In The US
“The capacity for superspreading events is really extraordinary,” one expert said.
We've Been Living With COVID-19 For Over 6 Months. How Does Your Dating And Sex Life Compare With Others?
Have you gone all these months without making out with a stranger?
Could the EU’s next budget shrink civil society and NGOs?
The European Commission says its next long-term budget will strengthen democratic values. Civil society groups warn it could ...
USAID’s abrupt shutdown increased violence in Africa, study shows
Last year’s abrupt termination of USAID caused roughly 10-percent increases in conflict events and combat deaths in Africa, ...
USAID has $19B to close out agency. Critics push to use funds to save lives
The now-shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has told Congress it has $19 billion in funds to cover ...
A surge in violence followed Trump’s cuts to USAID programs in Africa, a study finds
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision last year to abruptly dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development — once a ...
Shutting Down USAID Led to a Rise in Global Violence, Study Says
“What happens is this sudden shock to projects, employment, livelihoods, and wages,” says Austin Wright, professor of public ...
CAG Reveals India's Constitutional Accountability Framework | 163 Years of Supreme Audit Institution
Girish Chandra Murmu reveals the critical constitutional role of India's Comptroller and Auditor General in ensuring democratic accountability and good governance. Discover how the 163-year-old institution audits union and state governments, maintains financial discipline, and serves as the guardian of public resources. The CAG exposes the intersection of ethics, accountability, and institutional excellence while detailing financial, compliance, and performance audit mechanisms across 132 office
Energy-Autonomous Settlement in Gyaros — Overview Video
This project proposes a zero-footprint, energy-autonomous settlement on the island of Gyaros, blending architecture, ecology, and technology into a unified strategy for sustainable living. “Spanning 2 hectares, the masterplan introduces a network of cultural, residential, agricultural, and research facilities, organized into five functional sub-regions.” The design integrates solar, wind, wave, and geothermal systems, managed through a decentralized IoT–Blockchain platform. Water autonomy is ach
How India's TKDL Stopped Biopiracy: Protecting 450,000 Traditional Medicine Formulas | Dr. Sattigeri
Dr. Vishwajanani Sattigeri reveals how India's Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) has prevented biopiracy worth ₹2500 crores by protecting 450,000 traditional formulations from wrongful patenting. Discover how this groundbreaking initiative stopped patents on turmeric, neem, and basmati rice while documenting India's vast heritage of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, and agricultural knowledge across multiple languages.Dr. Sattigeri explains the legal frameworks protecting Paramparik Gyan throu
PwC | The SDG Dome | Immersive Experience
Immersive Communication of the Sustainable Development Goals. Creative Director Uri Schutzer · PwC Amsterdam
Retail and Fundraising Department
2025 marked a significant period of transition for the Retail and Fundraising Department. We made a strategic decision to refocus our reliance on retail income and start building a stronger and more balanced fundraising approach. This is because retail income is becoming less predictable, and we want to ensure that the Irish Deaf Society has stable funding in the future. To support this, we worked with fundraising consultant Michael Nason from the company “2into3” to review current work and
Support Services Department Goals
Support Services Department Goals The Support Services Department is the CEO, Finance Department, Research and Policy Officer and the Media and Translation Service. This Department has goals in each strategic pillar but has a focus on issues related to policy, national campaigns and finance. Develop a campaign plan to increase number of interpreters (Goal 1.1.1) IDS has completed an IHREC-funded research project “Barriers to studying and working as an ISL Interpreter: Developing an evid
Webinar on Levi's case on misleading ethicals claims and litigation for corporate accountability in the garment sector
In this webinar co-organised by the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) and Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) the recently announced court case against Levi’s is situated as a strategic litigation intervention in the textile industry. Speakers reflected on the factual background, the legal theory, the role of consumer law, and the broader political and regulatory context in which the case is being brought (including the broader debate on CSDDD in Europe). The session featured co
Ask HN: When will you be concerned on layoffs?
In recent weeks, I have noticed a lot of tech companies announcing layoffs due to AI. As this continues, when will you be concerned?Microsoft laying off 10% of their workforce, 15%, 20%, 30%? Google laying off 10%, 15%, 20%, or more?HN readers like to use the cope of "it's just pandemic over-hiring" — when do you think that explanation will no longer hold?When will you say: "Now it has nothing to do with Covid-era over-hiring; the industry has fundamentally changed."If t
Civil society says whistleblower protection laws 'need more teeth'
Civil society organisations are calling for an extension to the consultation period over the recently gazetted Protected ...
Rethinking Shared Governance
These systems can shield leaders from accountability. The Trump administration’s funding freezes, Title VI enforcement actions and direct pressure on Harvard University and other elite institutions have forced a question that university leaders have long avoided: Who, exactly, is in charge?
As Enterprise AI Outpaces Governance, Alation Closes the Gap with New AI Governance Offering
Alation Inc., the knowledge engine powering enterprises to achieve business outcomes, today at Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in London, introduced Alation AI Governance, a new offering that gives ...