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Alcohol Linked To Over 62,000 New Cancer Cases In India In 2020: Lancet Study

-PTI/ NDTV.com Cancer Cases: Globally, the Researchers found that more than 740,000 or four per cent of new cancer cases in 2020 may be attributed to alcohol drinking. New Delhi: Alcohol consumption was associated with 62,100 or five per cent of newly diagnosed cancer cases last year in India, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology journal which shows alcohol use is on the rise in the country. Globally, the Researchers...

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Explained: What We Know About COVID Transmission Through Faeces

-IndiaSpend.com Knowing whether Covid-19 can be transmitted through faeces or through virus-laden particles released via sewage is important for India where many still defecate in the open and most sewage is released untreated. Delhi: Faeces of Covid-19 patients contain the virus, sometimes even days after the person tests negative on a Covid-19 swab test. But Researchers have been unable to confirm whether the virus could transmit through faeces. We look at the...

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How ‘uncontrolled, unplanned’ irrigation in northern India affects monsoon rainfall? - Shivani Gupta

-GaonConnection.com Climate Researchers have found that excessive irrigation across the northern India is shifting the monsoon rainfall towards the northwestern parts of the country, putting the paddy farmers at an increased risk of crop failure. What is the relationship between irrigation and monsoon rainfall — a researcher explains. A study conducted by climate Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) has found that excessive irrigation in northern India shifts the...

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School closures are hurting less privileged students disproportionately -Pramit Bhattacharya

-Livemint.com India has had the seventh-longest school closure in the world, affecting over 300 million school-children. Underprivileged students without access to smartphones and computers have been hit hardest For most people across the world, how much they earn is determined by how wealthy and well-educated their parents were. But the degree of ‘persistence’ in incomes across generations is much higher in India than in other developing countries, a team of World Bank...

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Migrant workers bore the brunt of 2020 lockdown due their poor access to social security schemes & legal rights, depicts latest NHRC report

The rise in COVID-19 daily new cases and daily new deaths compelled many state governments to impose local level lockdowns during April-May 2021. As of 20th April, 2021, partial lockdowns were noticed in 10 states across the country and complete lockdown was imposed in Delhi. As of 8th May, 2021, nearly the entire country was under complete lockdown as a result of either partial lockdowns and night curfews or complete...

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