-The Telegraph Study by researchers at International Institute of Population Sciences finds that health reasons account for 7 per cent of 3,213 people who stopped work for a year or longer New Delhi: Chronic health disorders accounted for 30 per cent of decisions by a sample of middle-aged and elderly people in India to stop or curtail paid work, the country’s first-ever population-based study to estimate how chronic diseases impact productivity has...

-Scroll.in An Assam MP explains why he introduced the Climate Migrants (Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill in Lok Sabha. According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, nearly five million Indians were forced to leave their homes because of climate-related events in 2021. While many of these people were displaced temporarily, internal displacement due to climatic conditions stands to be a major challenge for India in the years to come. Rising water levels, according...

-IndiaToday.in The historic deal was signed in Montreal that aims to provide critical financing to the developing world to protect biodiversity. * The global framework comes a day before COP15 is set to end in Montreal * Governments have committed to protect 30% of land and water * The draft calls for raising $200 billion by 2030 for biodiversity After years of negotiations, back and forth and delays, governments have finally signed a deal to...

-Reuters/ Livemint.com Wheat prices have surged in India this year after a sudden rise in temperatures hit crop yields and output India is set to offer 2 to 3 million tonnes of wheat to bulk consumers such as flour millers and biscuit makers as part of efforts to cool record high prices, two government sources said, even as state reserves have dropped to the lowest in six years. Wheat prices have surged in...

-NDTV.com The survey focussed on government primary and upper-primary schools where at least 50% of the children enrolled come from scheduled caste (SC) or scheduled tribe (ST) families. New Delhi: Schools in Jharkhand are struggling with abysmal infrastructure, low attendance, a shortage of teachers, and inadequate funding after the Covid pandemic, a recent survey of 138 primary and upper-primary schools revealed. In a majority of these schools, teachers felt that "most" pupils...