Madhumita Paul

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Information Manager, Environment Resource Unit, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi

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Health|Child Health

साल के अंत तक 8.6 करोड़ बच्चों को गरीबी में धकेल देगा कोरोनावायरस

कोरोना महामारी से आए आर्थिक संकट के चलते पहले से गरीबी क�…

Climate Change

Africa's energy sector has most opportunities for investing in climate change: Survey

All respondents who see climate change more in terms of market opportunities have private equity investments in Africa

Food

Over 5.3 mln can face hunger in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger by August: FAO

Farmers and pastoralists affected by internal conflicts, poor access to markets. COVID-19 could aggravate food insecurity

Health|Communicable Disease

कोविड-19 के इलाज में मददगार हो सकती है दवा ‘ रेमेडिसविर’

शोध के अनुसार यह दवा कोरोनवायरस पॉलीमरेस को रोक सकती है�…

Health|Communicable Disease

स्वस्थ लोगों के हृदय को भी नुकसान पहुंचा सकता है कोरोनावायरस: रिसर्च

शोध के अनुसार जिन लोगों को पहले से कोई हृदय सम्बन्धी विक�…

Water|Water Crisis

आजादी के 72 साल बाद भी पीने के पानी से वंचित है देश के 21 करोड़ ग्रामीण

23 फीसदी ग्रामीण आबादी को हर दिन पीने का 40 लीटर साफ पानी भी…

Governance

Investing in Africa’s rural youth can work wonders for continent: Report

Africa’s youth bulge and the fact that most of its people live in rural areas, make this especially important

Agriculture

SMEs in Africa ignored in food and agriculture policy debates: Report

64% of food consumed across Africa is controlled by small and medium-sized enterprises

Forests

Weak governance escalating deforestation in Tanzania: FAO report

Of the total land area (88.3 mn hectares) in the African country, 55% is under forest cover. According to 2017 estimates, deforestation occurred …

Climate Change

Agriculture, food security and livestock in southern Africa most vulnerable to climate hazards: FAO

Cyclone Idai alone destroyed crops over 0.78 million hectares in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, highlighted the UN agency’s recent report &…

Economy

Nairobi to soon roll out Bus Rapid Transit system

The city will be the eighth in Africa to adopt BRT system in the last 10 years

Governance

North African countries doing the most work on SDGs on the continent: report

Tunisia has been ranked the first in a continent-wide index as far as progress on SDGs is concerned

Climate Change

Somalia records third-driest rainy season in 39 years

The main rainy season (April-June) has been below average in the country since late 2015

Climate Change

Ethiopia, Sudan to experience drier than normal conditions

Some parts of the Greater Horn of Africa will have above-normal rainfall in the next three months

Health in Africa

World doesn't have enough oncologists to treat rising cancer patients in Africa

The continent currently has 3,913 cancer specialists but 50% more will be needed to treat more than 2 lakh new cancer cases

Governance

UN Africa panel flags vulnerability to road deaths

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa says Zimbabwe is the most unsafe, with highest road accident deaths at 34.7 per 100,000 people

Health

South Africa’s per capita health spending flatlining since 2012: Report

While the health budget has risen at an average rate of 2.5 per cent per year, it has not translated into equitable access

Health in Africa

Six reasons why antibiotics access remains a challenge in Uganda

Lack of registry, sub-standard health facilities, poor cold storage, limited expenditure on health, irrational antibiotic use and lack of …

Climate Change

Over 19 million kids in Bangladesh at risk from climate change

UNICEF report says nearly 86% of these children living in 17 districts are under threat from floods and cyclones

Natural Disasters

Disaster resilience in risk-prone Asia needs realistic policy and financial planning

Developing Asian nations must prioritise on building resilience strategy before such disasters strike, says ADB report

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