Stockholm+50: Little to cheer
The Stockholm Conference of 1972 had put environmental issues on the global agenda for the first time. Today, over 176 countries have …
Is there a link between India’s new COVID-19 wave and relaxed containment policies?
In a month since India recorded the lowest stringency score, its active caseload jumped six times
COVID-19: South Africa rolls out door-to-door screening
The country reported 1,326 positive COVID-19 cases, including three deaths, as on March 31, 2020
Students protest cases nearly doubled between 2014 and 2018, shows NCRB data
Kerala still continues to top list but Haryana, UP, Bihar, Himachal account for 40% incidents
वायु प्रदूषण से दुनियाभर में होने वाली मौतों में 28 फीसदी है भारत की हिस्सेदारी
केंद्र सरकार का कहना है कि ऐसा कोई डाटा या तथ्य नहीं है जो वायु प्रदूषण से बीमारी होने की पुष्टि करे। लेकिन अब ...
Why MSP will not provide even minimum support to farmers
With a projected 5-25% rise in input prices of fuel, agricultural rentals and agrochemicals, the new MSPs for kharif crops will not lead to any gains
Two per cent of world population: that’s the number of poor in just five states of India
42 per cent of India’s population lives in these states and nearly one in every 4 person is poor
Farm income drops in 16 states and union territories
The national average income from cultivation increased by just 3.8 per cent between 2002-03 and 2012-13, when the overall farm sector grew by 3 …
Extreme weather in India: Heavy rains, floods on 18 days of rainfall-deficient November 2022
The events in November were spread across 12 states / Union territories, most of them in South Peninsula & Northwest regions
World’s water cycle severely impacted by climate change and human activities in 2022: WMO
Altered hydrological cycle poses long-term threat for millions’ water security
Swachh Bharat Mission’s progress “very lethargic”: Parliamentary report
Rs 14,088 crore unspent under Swachh Bharat Gramin between April 2017 and May 2018
12 अफ्रीकी देशों में शुरू हो गया नोवेल कोरोना वायरस का सामुदायिक प्रसार, एक सप्ताह में तीन गुना बढ़े मामले
अफ्रीकी देशों में पिछले एक सप्ताह में 1,491 नए मामले सामने आए हैं। पूरे 46 देशों में 4,400 मामले दर्ज होने के बाद अफ्रीकन ...
Climate change will pose greater threat to global security by 2030: Military experts
Forced displacement and scale of natural disasters is likely to increase by 2040, according to survey report
NITI Ayog's SDG report flags huge worries about hunger, poverty in India
Poor show by 25 states on food security and malnutrition Sustainable Development Index 2019
Gujarat has put just one e-vehicle on the road in last six months: Govt data
Maharashtra, which set a target of registering five lakh EVs by 2022 — an average of 274 vehicles per day — managed only four per day …
वैज्ञानिकों ने खोजा जवान रहने का तरीका, उम्र से ढाई साल कम दिखेंगे आप
हालांकि यह अध्ययन बड़े छोटे स्तर पर किया गया है, इसलिए वैज्ञानिकों ने अभी इससे दूर रहने की सलाह दी है, हालांकि शुरुआती परिणाम ...
India’s unemployment rate doubled in two years: SoE in Figures
While unemployment remains high in both urban and rural India, job hunting is a bigger challenge for the young and the educated, notes CSE’…
बुनियादी सुविधाएं नहीं, तो वोट भी नहीं
बिजली, पानी और सड़क जैसी बुनियादी सुविधाओं के अभाव के चलते 14 राज्यों के 160 गावों ने लोकसभा चुनाव के बहिष्कार का फैसला किया ...
‘Rationalising subsidies, improving infrastructure could revive agri-sector’
For every million rupees spent on agricultural research, 328 people are pulled out of poverty. In contrast, the same amount spent on power …
Institutional deliveries double in a decade
After the introduction of cash incentives under Janani Suraksha Yojana in 2005, institutional deliveries increased from 39 per cent in 2005 to 78 …
इस बार साल की शुरुआत में ही हीटवेव ने दी दस्तक, 11 से अधिक राज्यों में लू का प्रकोप जारी
18 अप्रैल, 2023 को 22 राज्यों और केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों में अधिकतम तापमान सामान्य से अधिक दर्ज किया गया
India’s built-up area grew by 2.5 million hectares in 17 years
Large part of the increase caused by diversion of agricultural land
Himalayan calamity
The Himalayan region accounted for 44 per cent of all the disasters reported in India
Africa sees 2 new disease outbreaks every week, link with climate change clear: CDC
Around 75% of outbreaks zoonotic, shortage of healthworkers, epidemiologists concerning, says Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention &…
COVID-19 deaths in Africa jump 42% in a week
Infections rose 34% too; Southern Africa remains hotspot
