-The Times of India BENGALURU: India may be home to 15% of the global livestock Population, but its contribution to the global methane emissions by the domesticated animals is only 10.63%, a study by the National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (NIANP) has revealed. Cows, buffaloes, sheep and goats are the huge contributors to methane emissions. Methane, released primarily by livestock, paddy cultivation, decay of organic waste in landfill sites and...
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It's time to give priority to women's work participation
MG Road is seldom considered as a safe place for working women who travel for work to either Gurgaon or Delhi. Almost everyday untoward incidents related to molestation, sexual harassment, kidnapping or rape that occur here are reported in various NCR-based newspapers. Clearly, safety of women office-goers and female workers is one of the major determinants of their (low) labour force participation, even in urban locations like Gurgaon or Delhi....
More »Four years after Uttarakhand tragedy: Eight psychiatrists for over 1 crore people, many fighting mental trauma -Kavita Upadhyay
-The Indian Express Four years after the tragedy, The Indian Express visited at least 15 disaster-hit villages and towns near Kedarnath, where a majority of the Population lives under severe psychological trauma. What makes it worse is the near breakdown of the state’s mental health infrastructure. Kalimath Valley (Gaurikund): On June 12, the search for 23-year-old Prahlad Singh ended. Villagers found him tightening a rope around his neck. “He was about to...
More »Niti Aayog vindicates UPA's claims on poverty alleviation -Pranav Mukul
-The Indian Express The Niti Aayog's report, submitted before the United Nations, acknowledges that anti-poverty programmes like the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) helped weaker sections of the society. Vindicating the UPA government’s stand on pulling people out of poverty, India’s Voluntary National Review Report on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals to the United Nations has said that sustained growth of 8.3 per cent from 2004-05 to 2011-12,...
More »India's Population to surpass China's by 2030: UN report -Ishan Bakshi
-Business Standard Between 2017 and 2050, half of the world's Population growth will be concentrated in nine countries Roughly seven years from now, India’s Population is expected to surpass that of China, reaching 1.5 billion by 2030, according to the revised Population estimates of the United Nations. China’s Population currently at 1.41 billion compared to 1.34 billion of India. By 2024, both are expected to have roughly 1.44 billion people each. India’s...
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