Pharma’s dirty deals to stall generics

As generic companies, including Indian firms, collude with innovator pharma giants in pay-for-delay pacts, consumers pay a high price

Results from Novavax vaccine trials in the UK and South Africa differ: why, and does it matter?

The efficacy of the vaccine was 89 per cent in United Kingdom and 60 per cent in South Africa

Educational gaps limit success of women-owned businesses in Africa: UN Report

Secondary-and tertiary-educated women are more likely to pursue opportunities and access financial services, according to the document

‘Futures trading can bring efficiency to California’s water sector’

Michael Kiparsky from the University of California tells Down To Earth that fears about futures trading in water commoditising it are …

US activists, politicians demand FDA reclassify ‘Toxic 3 Os’ used in sunscreen

Oxybenzone, octinoxate and octocrylene pose a threat to public health, marine life and coral reefs, according to latest research

The wise debate

As the world debates the effectiveness of industrialised agriculture, the good-old small farmer emerges victorious

Only science can help the world achieve sustainable development: UN Report

It says the current development model is not sustainable and only a fundamental and urgent change in the relationship between people and nature …

Karnataka’s Pavagada shows a way amid criticism for solar power at UNCCD COP14

Solar most land-hungry among green power sources, claims report released at Delhi event to fight desertification

India has 2nd-highest number of diabetes diagnostic centres globally, new study finds

Currently, 537 million adults globally are living with diabetes, with three in four of them living in low- and middle-income countries

Like ‘the tolling of a distant temple bell’, Ibuse Masuji’s Black Rain remembers the horrors of Hiroshima

Black Rain records the scorching memories of the hibakusha — atomic bomb survivors — of the bombing and its aftermath

What is ‘heat dome’, the phenomenon causing record temperatures across US?

‘Heat domes’ have also been associated with unusually warm periods in India, Bangladesh, China and some other Asian countries

Here is all you need to know about debt-for-climate swaps

Offering debt relief in lieu of climate action could allow rich countries to pay for their acts of historical injustice, while helping the poor …

UN 2023 Water Conference ends with over 700 commitments to make world water-secure

The event was attended by 10,000 participants at the UN headquarter and online, a statment claimed

UN 2023 Water Conference: Humanity draining its own lifeblood through ‘vampiric overconsumption’, says Guterres

Humans have broken the water cycle, destroyed ecosystems and contaminated groundwater, Antonio Guterres noted

Bird flu: UK is seeing its largest ever outbreak – which may prove particularly deadly for wild birds

While measures to control avian flu help mitigate risks to poultry and people, they do little to help wild birds

Planetary summer: Why Europe may have reached a point of no return on prolonged droughts, heatwaves

Droughts are becoming a new reality for Europe, latest scientific projections suggest 

Inflation Reduction Act: Experts cautious as US Senate passes landmark climate investment bill

Bill still does not go far enough to meet the scale of climate emergency; the nature of investment is not known at the moment, they say

World is not doing enough to end hunger by 2030: UN

Food inflation on unprecedented rise triggered by COVID-19 pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war  

Russia-Ukraine war to have ‘ripple effects’ on India’s fuel prices: Experts

India should take this as a market signal and channel investments into electric vehicles and green hydrogen, which are substitutes for oil and gas,…

Cover, quality of severe depression treatment low globally: Study

Nearly 75 per cent of those diagnosed with MDD across the globe live in low and lower-middle income countries

Just what is the hoopla around 5G and aviation troubles in the US about

Major US airlines were forced to write a letter to federal authorities recently after disruption to flight schedules due to 5G technology

How do younger people look at climate change? UNICEF survey finds out

Nearly 80% of young people surveyed said they had heard of climate change; only 56% could define it for what it is

Human activity is slowly killing the world’s rivers, study illustrates

The chemical composition of major rivers such as Yangtze, Amazon, Mississippi and Congo have been altered

Just what is a ‘healthy diet’? A UN paper explains

New United Nations paper released ahead of Food Systems Summit makes critical points about food nutrition and safety

More protected: 82% countries raised cover for vulnerable areas in a decade

Over 21 million square kilometres has been placed within protected and conserved areas since 2010, the report states