-The Hindu The West’s attempt to cut Russia’s oil revenues without drastically affecting global oil supplies may be too fine a balancing act in the longer run The Group of Seven (G7) countries, the European Union and Australia have imposed a price cap on Russian sea-borne oil to make it harder for Russia to fund its war against Ukraine. Under the plan, which took effect on December 5 , Western companies that...
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-Financial Express Higher sowing augurs well for bountiful wheat and oilseed production The resilience of India’s agricultural sector has been a positive factor in the India growth story. During the ongoing rabi season, the average area sown for wheat is up by 25%, to 25.5 million hectares as of December 9, from a year earlier. Area under oilseeds, too, is at record levels. All of this augurs well for bumper rabi crops...
More »Why did methane levels shoot up in Covid yr? Warm weather, and less pollution -Antara Baruah
-ThePrint.in In a study published in the Nature journal Wednesday, scientists attributed the methane growth in 2020 to wetland emission and changes in ‘atmospheric sink’. New Delhi: In 2020, the year Covid-19 pandemic led to global economic slowdown, researchers documented an alarming rise in atmospheric level of methane emissions, despite a drop in human-induced emissions. Scientists attributed the methane growth rate anomaly to lower hydroxyl radical (OH), which is the main remover of...
More »The arithmetic for Tamil Nadu as a $1 trillion economy -C Rangarajan and KR Shanmugam
-The Hindu Reaching the target by 2030-31 has to be ruled out, as it requires a nominal annual growth rate of 18.2%; instead, the scenario can be 2033-34, with the required real rate of growth at 9% The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has set Tamil Nadu the goal of becoming a trillion dollar economy (by 2030), as he has indicated over the past year. This is a good aspirational goal. Tamil...
More »Young people dropping dead due to cardiac arrests, here's who are at risk and how to prevent -Samrat Sharma
-IndiaToday.in What is more concerning is that India is already more vulnerable to heart diseases and sees more cardiovascular deaths than the global average. Incidents of young people walking around the streets, working out in the gym, or even on the wedding stage are suddenly dropping dead due to cardiac arrests. And, this is happening not only in India but around the world. The trend has become more prominent as more cases...
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