-The Hindu Seventy of the 170 public wells identified have been dredged and cleaned Bidar (Karnataka): The district administration has started a project to preserve old open wells in public places in order to push up the aquifer and protect the ancient legacy of water management. The severe drought conditions of the year have pushed the officials to clean the wells, some of which are around 500 years old. Many of them were...
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-The Hindu In all this, more than 90 per cent of cases of diabetes are lifestyle-induced India is now in the midst of a diabetes epidemic, with an adult prevalence rate of nine per cent and almost 69 million people living with diabetes. In another 15 years, the figure is expected to rise to 101 million. In all this, more than 90 per cent of cases are lifestyle-induced. Individuals with diabetes do not...
More »Lancet questions MCI conduct, calls for revamp -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: After a parliamentary panel's report calling for reform, it is the turn of the international scientific community and healthcare experts to red flag the functioning of the Medical Council of India (MCI). A latest report in 'Lancet', a medical journal, has expressed concerns about the council and the state of regulation of medical education in India. Referring to several observations in the parliamentary standing committee report...
More »Indian agriculture yet to catch up with neighbours on public spending, indicates IFPRI report
Amidst the prevailing gloominess over agrarian crisis, a recently released report says that the growth rate of agricultural output in both India and China were the same during 2008-2013. The agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) of both these countries on an average grew at 3.3 percent per annum during that period. The latest available data from the 2016 Global Food Policy Report, however, indicates that the neighbouring countries of Sri Lanka...
More »Will Delhi’s odd-even rule work? -Manas Paul, Parijat Upadhyay, and Boishampayan Chatterjee
-The Hindu Business Line It can, with the right approach and changed mind-sets. Tackling pollution’s a bigger issue The odd-even formula is to be tried out once again in April, after its initial trial implementation in January this year. Repeated pilot testing assumes importance as an attempt to initiate behavioural change, making it acceptable before its permanent enforcement over time. If this is so, two obvious questions arise: How effective is the current...
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