Reverse land use change to prevent zoonoses like COVID-19: UNCCD
Land use degradation creates ground for zoonotic disease like COVID-19 as the interaction and physical distance between animals and humans …
‘Pesticides, antibiotic use and ultra-processing threaten food safety in India’
Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment says that in addition to microbiological and chemical contamination, factors like salt, sugar and …
Monsanto does it again
The biotech seed giant sues a farmer for planting unbranded commodity seeds bought in the open market for patent infringement
Why NGT’s calls on restoration of water bodies is need of the hour
National Green Tribunal’s 2019 order asking states to identify, protect and restore water bodies underlines the urgency to save them
The imperative of controlling blood pressure
High blood pressure or hypertension is both preventable and treatable. One in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure. In an interview …
International Albinism Awareness Day celebrates those with rare genetic condition
‘Made To Shine’ — the chosen theme for this year’s International Albinism Awareness Day — celebrates the …
World Toilet Day: India now aims to build one toilet every two seconds
The country needs to play a major role in reducing open defecation
Plant 50 million mangroves in the Sundarbans? Improbable, say experts
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had decided on the plantation to compensate for plants lost during Cyclone Amphan
Mental Health Day-2013: call to care for the aged
Projections indicate people aged 60 and above will increase to over 2 billion by 2050 and so will the number of people suffering from mental …
What it takes to deliver midday meal
Ranbaxy launches new anti-malarial drug
It has an efficacy rate of over 95 per cent, claims company
How to assess risk of heart disease
A risk chart developed 15 years ago holds the key
Countdown to Budget 2023: Why investing in early childhood education should be a priority in the upcoming Budget
Just 0.1% of the GDP was spent in 2020-21 for early childhood education, thinktank analysis suggests 1.5%-2.5% of GDP expenditure
Water is critical to sustainable development, says UN report
Increasing ubanisation and industrialisation are widening the rift between demand for and supply of water
Global Hunger Index: Why is India trailing?
India ranked 94 in global hunger index 2020 among 107 countries
A march to highlight land struggles in India
Beginning October 2, activists will cover 75,000 km in a year
Stink over missing toilets: ministry initiates probe
CAG audit may be sought if states fail to disclose correct information, says secretary for drinking water and sanitation
Plan spending on social sectors and a paradox in budgetary policies
Central government's social spending is just 2 per cent of GDP, yet it may reduce allocation for welfare sectors by citing inability of the …
Global report on challenges faced by seed sector launched
Focuses on need to stop seed laws that are preventing farmers from saving and exchanging their indigenous varieties
World Sickle Cell Day 2020 aims to increase awareness over sickle cell disorders
It is recognised by the United Nations and celebrated every year on June 19
Food security bill forgoes nutrition security
The bill will ensure food for millions of hungry Indians. But has the government identified them?
World Population Day: call to end India's target-based approach to family planning
Two-child norm is endangering women's lives and skewing sex-ratio, say activists
Political apathy, unplanned urbanisation make vector-borne diseases hard to control in India
Only 60 per cent of the total plan outlay for vector-borne diseases spent between 2007 to 2013; lack of co-ordination between ministries and …
EU blocked report that recommended ban on 31 pesticides
Pesticides that were to be banned following industry lobby are worth billions
Bihar bans gutkha on World No Tobacco Day
The ban is already successful in Madhya Pradesh and Kerala