Nityanand Kaushik's Blog

 The brain is an organ and as such it needs to function well in order to be able to do its job properly. In the case of mental health, this means that we need to make sure that we are not working with someone who has anxiety in a room that is too hot or too cold. We also need to be conscious of how we are scheduling the work which affects whether the person with anxiety will have a panic attack. In the case of stress and adhd, we need to make sure that there is a calm environment for them and give them tasks which focus on specific skillsets. This can range from something like data entry or proofreading which has very specific steps with little room for interruptions from other things happening in the background. The World Health Organization has already classified mental illness as a global health challenge. Mental health problems can be a result of many different factors, and the most common ones are stress, anxiety, and depression. People with adhd also have their own set of men...

  The Earth is Warming The world is undoubtedly warming. The Earth’s average surface temperature has increased by about 1.8°F (1.0°C) since the late 1800s.  The 10 warmest years on record (since 1880) have all occurred since 1998, and all but one happened since 2005. Scientists have high confidence that global temperatures will continue to rise for decades to come, largely due to greenhouse gases produced by human activities. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which includes more than 300 scientists from the United States and other countries, forecasts a temperature rise of 2.5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century. The Greenhouse Effect Light from the sun passes through the atmosphere and is absorbed by the Earth’s surface, heating it up. That energy is then emitted back to the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases , like carbon dioxide and methane , in the atmosphere act like a blanket, absorbing this energy and preventing it from escaping into space. In t...

Climate change is a long-term shift in global or regional climate patterns. Often climate change refers specifically to the rise in global temperatures from the mid-20th century to present. The COP-21 Paris Agreement limiting greenhouse gas emissions was a major achievement on the road to meeting the threat of climate change. But as the evidence becomes increasingly unambiguous that human activity is destabilizing the Earth’s climate and biosphere, policymakers will need to do more. The inherently shared nature of the threat underlines the need for closer and more comprehensive international cooperation to preserve the habitat in which human life has thrived. William Nordhaus, to be honored next week with the Nobel Prize  for his work on environmental economics, wrote in 1977:  “In contemplating the future course of economic growth in the West, scientists are divided between one group crying “wolf” and another which denies that species’ existence. One persistent concern h...

How jihadist terrorist organizations are changing: The line between ideological jihadist terrorism and criminality is becoming increasingly unclear. Unlike their earlier counterparts, many contemporary jihadists have not been radicalized and motivated to become operational over a long period of time. Instead, many demonstrate little adherence to Islam up to a week before their attacks. Many have been criminals known to police and often living at the margins of society. The organization and ideology act like a gang — attracting recruits through their powerful narrative whilst offering redemption from past sins through jihadist struggle. Contemporary recruitment patterns therefore present a different set of problems to their predecessors in terms of the collection and analysis of information. A second key feature of newer iterations of global jihadist terrorism is their low signature. Compared with prior iterations characterized by training camps and top down organizational structures, c...

 India's economy is facing severe crisis. As indicated by the Advance Estimates of the National Statistical Office, the development of the GDP will be 5% in 2019-20 in genuine terms; numerous private forecasters have put the figure even lower. It is a lofty tumble from the 2016-17 development pace of 8.2%. The fall is more dramatic regarding the quarterly yield estimates, from development of 8.1% in January-March 2018 to 4.5% in July-September 2019.  Given the way that India was promoted as the Fastest Growing Developing Country throughout the previous two years, the Slowdown has caught everyone  surprise. What are the reasons for the present slowdown in the Indian Economy? To start with, private utilization has gotten hammered because of Demonetization, as customers out of nowhere started to accumulate money or keep it in the bank as opposed to spending on purchaser products. Additionally, demand has also collapsed as the whole country’s economy runs on money and Demonet...

 The existence of human life on the earth is impossible without the equal participation of both women and men. They are equally responsible for the survival of the human race on the earth. They are also liable for the development and growth of a nation.  There are various evils in our society; one of which happens to be the desire to have a boy. In Indian society, everyone wants an ideal mother, sister, wife, and daughter. But they never want that girl to be their blood relative. Besides, there are other social evils in society that force many parents to avoid having a girl child. These other social evils are dowry deaths, female foeticide, and some others. In most of the fields, women are equal contenders but still due to the orthodox beliefs’ men are mostly preferred. Girls have proven themselves equal to men in every field. And due to their hard work and dedication, it is even recognised. For saving girl child the government has taken many initiatives and launched many camp...