The transport sector is important for the smooth functioning of an economy. The supply chains for various products and by-products (both domestically as well as internationally) can work efficiently only if the transportation of raw materials and inputs, and final goods and commodities takes place without disruption. Due to economic growth, India’s annual CO2 (i.e., carbon dioxide) emission has expanded from 1.19 billion tonnes in 2005 to 2.44 billion tonnes...
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Malnutrition in India is a worry in a modern scenario -Gaurav Gogoi
-The Hindu The country’s response to its burden of malnutrition and growing anaemia has to be practical and innovative Good nutrition has the power to empower the present and future generations. India’s greatest national treasure is its people — especially women and children — but even after 75 years of independence, a majority of them do not get the required diet to meet their nutritional needs. A child’s nutritional status is directly...
More »Inflation Spiral is Hitting the Working Poor the Hardest -Sanjay Roy
-IPA News Service/Newsclick.in Time is ripe to do away with every central cess on petroleum products and reject the government’s narrative that the poor are hurt less by higher prices than the rich. The country is in the grip of an inflationary spiral resulting in a galloping price rise of all essential goods used by people. This crushing price burden is making life exceedingly difficult for the rural and urban poor. The retail...
More »Tuberculosis of brain, spine on rise -Chetana Belagere
-The New Indian Express Whole Genome Sequencing can detect cases; extra-pulmonary forms increasing in kids BENGALURU: Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) TB continues to be on the rise. In many cases, this is leading to tuberculosis of the brain and spine. Experts working in the control room of TB burden in the state, say this area is overlooked and undiagnosed. “Extra-pulmonary manifestations of Tuberculosis are on the rise, with Tuberculosis of brain and spine...
More »Unable to access various state govt. schemes & benefits, many tenant farmers have committed suicides in Andhra Pradesh, reveals a new report
-Press release by Rythu Swarajya Vedika dated March 8, 2022 A new report on tenant farmers in Andhra Pradesh by Rythu Swarajya Vedika reveals how the denial of land owners' signatures on the Crop Cultivator Rights Cards is adversely affecting them. The Rythu Swarajya Vedika (RSV), a network of organizations and individuals working for the well-being and rights of farming community, released Part-1 of the report of its extensive study of tenant farmers...
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