-Hindustan Times The atlas, the first of its kind, will aid in disaster preparedness as extreme weather events rise in the wake of the climate crisis, scientists said. The Sunderbans in West Bengal, neighbouring districts of Odisha, and Ramanathapuram, Pudukkottai and Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu are the most vulnerable to high storm surges of as much as 8.5 to 13.7 metres that are induced by cyclones, according to the Climate Hazards and...
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China's population grows by less than half-a-million in 2021; birth RATe falls for 5th consecutive year
-PTI/ The New Indian Express The figure does not include Hong Kong and Macao residents and foreigners who live in the mainland's 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, the NBS said. BEIJING: China's population grew by less than half a million-last year to 1.41 billion as the birth RATes fell for the fifth consecutive year, stoking fears of a looming demographic crisis and its adverse impact on the world's 2nd largest economy. At...
More »Oil, budget and economic sentiment -Roshan Kishore and Vineet Sachdev
-Hindustan Times Traditionally, Union budgets have mattered for people at large because of two reasons: prices of goods and income tax RATes.There is some merit in the argument that inflation is a bigger dampener on economic sentiment in India than low growth RATes There is some merit in the argument that inflation is a bigger dampener on economic sentiment in India than low growth RATes. Traditionally, Union budgets have mattered for people...
More »Kejriwal Govt Not Distributing Food to Vulnerable Families Lacking RATion Cards, Survey Reveals
-TheWire.in Despite clear instructions from the courts to provide foodgrains to migrant workers and economically vulnerable families, none of the 62 distribution centres checked were found to be distributing RATions. New Delhi: The Delhi government’s claims to have adopted a scheme to provide RATions to poor and marginalised communities – even if they do not possess RATion cards – appears to be proving hollow as no distribution of RATions is taking place,...
More »Why we don’t like data? Psst…it disturbs the narRATive -Vivek Kaul
-Deccan Herald Politicians may not agree with any data put out by non-government agencies but.. The word ‘data’ has Latin origins. As Jer Thorp writes in Living in Data: “It first appeared in the English language on loan from Latin, where it meant “a thing given, a gift delivered or sent”. In its early usage, the giver of data was the almighty god and hence, it carried a “particular strength of truth”. Data...
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