-The Telegraph The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has pointed out weather variations, global warming, and water scarcity can adversely affect food production Climate change and the agrarian crisis are intertwined. They are manifest in the threat to food and nutritional security. These challenges have been further aggravated by the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and reduced global food production. The looming hunger crisis is especially potent for vulnerable populations living in...
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In a free fall
-The Telegraph Unlike 2013, the pressure on the rupee will endure This month, the rupee’s weakening trend has occupied our attention. Media reports have relentlessly focused on its fall to a ‘lifetime-low’ on a daily frequency. The authorities, on their part, have centred on measures to ease the mounting pressures up on the currency. Memory of the 2013‘taper tantrum’ is fresh in minds and has spurred a series of actions to prevent...
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-The Telegraph Twitter is making journalism lazy Some sixteen years after the micro-blogging site was created,Twitter occupies more mind space on an hourly basis than its social media rivals. It is currently most used for news breaks in times of conflict,revolution or negotiation and for direct communication by politicians and governments. The rest of the time it offers opinion-mongering by journalists and the public at large and becomes a platform for journalists and...
More »Farmers working in burnt sugarcane, paddy fields, at risk of chronic kidney disease
-The Hindu A multinational study including NIMS nephrologist concludes the finding Hyderabad: Farmers and daily wage labourers working in burned sugarcane could be at the risk of developing Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology (CKDu). A multinational original research article, including a nephrologist from Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Telangana, India, has concluded that ‘human exposure to amorphous silica nanoparticles found in burned sugarcane fields could have a participatory role...
More »Marital rape, Swachh Bharat, digital divide: Latest NFHS survey reveals startling data -Yashwant Deshmukh and Sutanu Guru
-IndiaToday.in The recent National Family Health Survey that was conducted between 2019 and 2021 busts many myths and also confirms some ugly realities of India. Numbers and data should be the two deities that any self-respecting media professional should respect and revere. Unfortunately, in the din and noise of acrimonious debates that revolve around matters of faith, a treasure trove of fascinating data that showcases an India that is both changing and...
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