-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Dealing a huge blow to the steel industry, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered closure of 26 iron ore and manganese mines in Odisha to protect the environment. These mines account for nearly 25% of the national production of the two minerals vital for the sector. The green bench comprising Justices A K Patnaik, S S Nijjar and F M I Kalifulla said of the...
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Life expectancy has soared globally since 1990: WHO-Nikita Mehta
-Live Mint The top achiever was Liberia, where average lifespans increased by a full 20 years, from 42 to 62 New Delhi: Life expectancy has risen globally since 1990, especially in low-income countries, according to a report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday. Life expectancy of a girl born in 2012 is 73 years, while that of a boy is 68 years. The average life expectancy of a child...
More »Life expectancy rising, but UN report shows ‘major’ rich-poor longevity divide persists
-The United Nations People everywhere are living longer, the United Nations health agency today reported, mostly because fewer children are dying, certain diseases are in check, and tobacco use is down, but conditions in low-income countries continue to plague life quality there. According to the UN World Health Organization's (WHO) World Health Statistics 2014, a girl born in 2012 can expect to live around 73 years and a boy to the...
More »India's non-solutions for reducing inequality-Rajiv Shastri
-The Business Standard Or, why our subsidy and tax policies have been almost exactly wrong Thomas Piketty's seminal book on inequality, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, comes at a fortuitous time. Although inequality has been a well-discussed issue in India for some time now, the success of the book contributes by sharpening the debate. It complements the McKinsey Global Institute's (MGI) report titled "From poverty to empowerment: India's imperative for jobs, growth,...
More »Efforts to revive Kerala’s saline water rice farming-V Sanjeev Kumar
-The Hindu Business Line Pokkali cultivation gets help from Krishi Vigyan Kendra and fisheries research body KOCHI: Kerala's Pokkali farming, a unique saline tolerant rice variety that is facing extinction, could be on a revival path if efforts of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Ernakulam) under the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute bear fruit. This old and traditional method of cultivation has been reduced to less than 1,000 hectares in the coastal areas of Ernakulam...
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