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How a four-decade high American inflation will hurt you -Vivek Kaul
-Livemint.com In November, the American consumer price inflation (CPI) for urban consumers came in at 6.8%. The last time it was anywhere as high was nearly four decades back in June 1982, when it was 7.1%. It hadn’t even been a year since Mark David Chapman had killed John Lennon. Abba’s final performance and subsequent breakup, which went unannounced, was still a few months away. American and British pop and rock bands...
More »Omicron: Why A Potential Surge Might Need Hybrid Testing -Nimmy Dominic, Pankaj Jindal, Ashish Sachdeva and Sarang Deo
-IndiaSpend.com Using a combination of RT-PCR tests with Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) helps detect more cases faster during a surge in cases, in remote areas with little access to RT-PCRs and in Covid-19 hotspots. Hyderabad, Mumbai and Mohali: To quickly detect Covid-19 positive cases and slow the virus' spread in case of a possible surge due to the Omicron variant, India must increase its use of Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT, which take...
More »India’s natural farming push: Obvious measures ignored, points out Standing Committee -Shagun Kapil
-Down to Earth The country’s organic / natural farming coverage remains poor despite abundant indegenous resources Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to farmers December 16 to ensure that at least one village in every gram panchayat goes for natural farming methods. He highlighted the importance of ‘gaudhan’, or use of cow dung-urine formulations, with an aim of giving a fillip to natural farming. “The maximum benefit of natural farming will be for 80...
More »High levels of uranium in groundwater of eastern Karnataka’s 57 villages: Study
-Down to Earth Uranium concentration in groundwater exceeded 30 μg/l, more than the WHO-prescribed limit, in 57 out of 73 villages A chemical analysis of groundwater in 73 villages of Karnataka has found high levels of uranium concentration in groundwater of at least 57 villages. The uranium concentration in these villages was at least 30 micrograms per litre (μg / l). In 48 of these villages, the levels exceeded 60 μg / l. In...
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