dependency

Mega cities: The illuminated view of the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation building. | Photo Credit: ROY CHOWDHURY A An annual survey of Indian cities shows that a majority of local governments are financially dependent on their State…

Finding the courage to open up about alcohol dependency can be difficult, especially when an employee might fear repercussions for their job. Bertrand Stern-Gillet explains how employers can broach the topic sensitively, to give the…

Most households have their small domestic dramas: minor skirmishes over dishwasher loading or recycling. In our house, it is headphones that are the issue. My partner loves his noise-cancelling earphones, and I am happy to be spared his…

For the past week, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has revelled in being at the centre of events after he helped broker the truce that ended the Wagner militia’s mutiny against the Kremlin. State controlled media have gone out of…

Planet of Lana begins in the quaint fishing village its titular protagonist calls home. As you chase after your older sister, stumbling at times--which elicits laughter from big sis--you're afforded time…

Credit: Lukáš Lehotský (Unsplash). Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 had a profound deep impact on the economy, inflating the…

Outside Dak village in central Senegal women sing and dance as they scythe through rice stalks with sickle or knife. The harvest is under way in the west African nation, but there will not be enough for everyone.Many African countries…

Before 2019, Pakistan was dependent on India for meat, cotton, and wheat and cereal flour imports. After the curbs, it replaced India’s share with imports from China, U.S., and Brazil. Before 2019, Pakistan was dependent on India for…

Issued on: 16/06/2022 - 12:16 Israel and Egypt plan to boost gas exports to Europe under an agreement signed during a Cairo visit Wednesday by the European Commission…

In a study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center researchers have devised a new metric, the "Health-Adjusted Dependency Ratio" (HADR) as an alternative to the most commonly…