-The Hindu It’s imperative that ‘good nutrition’ becomes everyone’s mantra if we are serious about addressing the challenge Malnutrition continues to be a major challenge in India 75 years after independence and we need concerted action around it. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) report on Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 puts the number of undernourished people in India in 2019-21 at 224.3 million, i.e., 16% of a...
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Tracking employment data in ’22 as jobs return 2 yrs after Covid -Abhishek Jha
-Hindustan Times Since the Covid-19 pandemic started in 2020, economies all around the world have learnt that they must balance lives and livelihood to survive. Since the Covid-19 pandemic started in 2020, economies all around the world have learnt that they must balance lives and livelihood to survive. In 2022, India got the first part of this act almost right, due to both the natural trajectory of the pandemic and widespread adult...
More »1,53,972 people killed in road accidents in India in 2021 -Varun Singh
-IndiaToday.in While 56,007 people died in accidents on national highways, there were 37,963 deaths on state highways and 60,002 deaths on other roads. In Short * Road accidents increased by 12.6% y-o-y in 2021. * Fatalities and injuries rose by 16.9% y-o-y and 10.39% y-o-y, respectively. * At least one out of 10 people killed on roads across the world is from India. India witnessed as many as 4,12,432 road accidents in 2021 in which 1,53,972...
More »Climate change induced extreme events are playing havoc with human lives & livelihoods, show latest available data
It is evident from various studies (please click here, here and here to access) that emission of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) by the developed as well as the developing countries is responsible for climate change, thus causing extreme weather events to occur, with much more ferocity than in the past. The negative impact of climate change may or may not be felt in the geographical location where historically emission has taken...
More »After measles, experts worry typhoid could pose the next health challenge as India delays vaccine -Tabassum Barnagarwala
-Scroll.in The country already has a high typhoid burden and increasing drug resistance could led to a rise in treatment cost and recovery time. The measles outbreak in Mumbai, followed by Ranchi, Ahmedabad and Malappuram over the past month has drawn attention to the large number of unvaccinated children. Over 16,000 suspected cases have been recorded in India. Of the 20 children who have died of measles since October 26 in the...
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