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News headlines in October 2015, page Two

News headlines in October 2015, page Two

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Fresh DELHI, Oct twenty eight (IPS) – Delhi’s shame is that it’s the rape capital of India. The latest brutal rape of minors only underscores the tragic fact that nothing has switched since December 16, two thousand twelve when a 23-year old physiotherapy student was gang-raped in a moving bus and triggered a nationwide outrage.

Medicinal Plants Popular and Unprotected in Mexico

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

MEXICO CITY, Oct twenty eight (IPS) – “This plant heals one hundred fifty ailments, like diabetes, high blood pressure and gastritis. It’s ready as an infusion or blended with water, and you take it every day,” says Clemente Calixto, a traditional indigenous healer in Mexico, holding up a green leafy branch.

Analysis: Turkey at a Crossroads Prior to Sunday’s Snap Elections

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

ISTANBUL, Oct twenty seven (IPS) – This Sunday, November 1, Turkey goes to the polls for the 2nd time this year, to elect the five hundred fifty members of its Grand National Assembly. The snap elections were called for by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in late August when the different parties failed to form a coalition government after the June elections, in which the Justice and Development Party (AKP) had lost its parliamentary majority for the very first time since its thirteen years in power.

Cuba’s Extra-Heavy Crude Awaits Technology and Investment

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

CÁRDENAS, Cuba, Oct twenty seven (IPS) – Cuba’s oil industry only exploits five percent of the petroleum found in onshore and offshore deposits due to a lack of foreign capital and technology to develop oilfields like Varadero 1000, the country’s fattest oil operation until now.

Zimbabwe’s Smallholder Farmers Seek Address Food Security and Health Risks with Air Taut Storage Technology

Monday, October 26, 2015

SHAMVA, Zimbabwe, Oct twenty six (IPS) – Last season, Mollene Kachambwa lost a tonne of the five tonnes of maize the family harvested to weevils and fungi.

Civil Society Activists Cold-Shouldered at Climate Talks

Monday, October 26, 2015

UNITED NATIONS, Oct twenty six (IPS) – A former UN Secretary-General once paid a supreme compliment to the work of civil society groups when he described non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as the world’s “third super power” –- presumably ranking behind the United States and Russia.

Bangladesh Facing Rough Climate Choices

Monday, October 26, 2015

BOYARSHIN, Bangladesh, Oct twenty six (IPS) – Twice a week, 20-year-old Kulsum Begam, a youthfull mother of two, spends over three hours gossiping with the neighbours.

Opinion People-Powered Data Set to Convert Abate Statistics

Monday, October 26, 2015

JOHANNESBURG, Oct twenty six (IPS) – You very likely didn’t notice it was World Statistics Day last week because, let’s be fair, statistics don’t have the most titillating reputation. Gratefully, I have a feeling this is about to switch, big time.

Agricultural Keys to Malaria in African Highlands

Friday, October 23, 2015

KAMPALA, Uganda, Oct twenty three (IPS) – Sixty-five years after a major international summit here on malaria, the mosquito-borne disease remains a scourge and its incidence may even be rising in parts of sub-Saharan Africa due to the combined effects of climate switch, agricultural practices and population displacement.

Analysis: Taxation for Development

Friday, October 23, 2015

ROME, Oct twenty three (IPS) – In latest decades, many developing countries have experienced declines in fiscal revenue as a share of national income. There is an urgent need to switch sides this trend, with greater revenue collection to finance the realization of developing countries’ developmental aspirations.

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