अदाणी भारत में नहीं लेकिन ऑस्ट्रेलिया में चुनावी मुद्दा ज़रूर है

16/05/2019 0 Comments read Business and Trade

नीना भंडारी सिडनी से, बीबीसी के लिए,16 मई 2019

भारतीय अरबपति बिज़नेसमैन गौतम अदाणी का उत्तरी क्वींसलैंड का कारामाइकल कोलमाइन प्रोजेक्ट, 18 मई को होने वाले ऑस्ट्रेलियाई चुनाव में एक अहम मुद्दा बन गया है.

इस प्रोजेक्ट के चलते आर्थिक, पर्यावरण, कोयला और जलवायु परिवर्तन के मुद्दे पर मतदाता और राजनीतिक दल बंटे हुए नज़र आ रहे हैं.

सात संभावित निर्दलीय उम्मीदवारों ने एक अहम समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर किया है. ऑस्ट्रेलियन कंज़र्वेशन फ़ाउंडेशन (एसीएफ) के संयोजन में इन सदस्यों ने संसद सदस्य के तौर पर चुने जाने पर जलवायु परिवर्तन को ध्यान में रखते हुए कई क़दम उठाने का वादा किया है. इसमें अदाणी के थर्मल कोलमाइन प्रोजेक्ट का विरोध भी शामिल है.

BBC Hindi Radio Comment

BBC Hindi – https://www.bbc.com/hindi/international-48277379

BBC Gujarati – https://www.bbc.com/gujarati/international-48271560

BBC Tamil – https://www.bbc.com/tamil/global-48260487

BBC Marathi – https://www.bbc.com/marathi/international-48273052

English Translation – Adani English Translation

© Copyright Neena Bhandari and BBC Indian Languages. All rights reserved. Republication, copying or using information from neenabhandari.com content is expressly prohibited without the permission of the writer and the media outlet syndicating or publishing the article.

South Asians made up of hundreds of identities, we must protect all of them: Fatima Bhutto

09/05/2019 0 Comments read Arts, Entertainment & Lifestyle

Fatima Bhutto. Photo Credit: © Neena Bhandari

By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 9 May 2019 (Press Trust of India): Acclaimed Pakistani author Fatima Bhutto, who believes the way to combat fundamentalists is to celebrate the co-existence of more than one culture, says South Asians are made up of hundreds of identities and we must fight to protect all of them.

The 36-year-old granddaughter of the late Pakistan prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who delivered the closing address at the recent Sydney Writers’ Festival, speaks to PTI about her latest book “The Runaways”, what drives young people to become radicals, how the violence in Pakistan during her growing up years taught her to be brave and the west’s accountability in the “explosive radicalism” of today.

Continue reading →

Managing diabetes key to lowering kidney disease

17/04/2019 0 Comments read Health & Science

By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 17 April 2019 (Scidev.Net): Growing incidences of diabetes and obesity are increasing the burden of kidney disease in the Asia Pacific region, noted the International Society of Nephrology’s (ISN) Report on Global Kidney Health Atlas launched at the World Congress of Nephrology (April 12 to 15) in Melbourne, Australia.

The report highlighted the urgent need for appropriate diabetes management practices to reduce the burden of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD)— also referred to as end-stage renal disease—the last stage of long-term chronic kidney disease. Between 2001 and 2014, ESKD incidences increased by over 1,000 per cent in Thailand, 190 per cent in the Philippines and 162 per cent in Malaysia, with diabetes being the cause in majority of the cases. Globally, 160 million patients with Type 2 diabetes are at risk of developing chronic kidney disease.

Continue Reading on SciDev.Net Asia & Pacific Edition.

© Copyright Neena Bhandari. All rights reserved. Republication, copying or using information from neenabhandari.com content is expressly prohibited without the permission of the writer and the media outlet syndicating or publishing the article.