-Down to Earth Study highlight need to use sustainable management to preserve and enhance soil carbon storage of grasslands. A new study shows that emissions of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) from grasslands INCreased by a factor of 2.5 sINCe 1750 mainly due to INCreased emissions from livestock. This has more than compensated for reduced emissions from the shrinking number of wild grazers, said the study published in Nature Communications. The net...

-The Indian Express The state has taken up 1.31 lakh works under the scheme in the past 9 months till December 31, 2020 INCluding some spill over works of the last financial year out of which only 19,612 works (around 15 per cent of the total taken up works) could be completed till date. Jalandhar: Despite generating 269 lakh person days and starting on a good note despite Covid-19, Punjab has only...

-The Indian Express Police officers said the march will affect movement of normal traffic on the expressway, especially from Kundli border to Tikri border for around four hours. Chandigarh: The Haryana Police has given a go-ahead for farmers’ tractor march on KMP (Kundli-Manesar-Palwal) Expressway Thursday. Police estimate around 2,500 tractors will be on the expressway from 11 am to 4 pm when the march will take place. “In-prINCiple, we have decided to give...

-The Indian Express Though overall trends do suggest an improvement in population control, use of modern contraception, reproductive and child health, immunisation and social determinants of health, a complete overhaul is needed to identify and address the multidimensional aspects of child malnutrition. Population-based surveys form the bedrock of the country’s health information systems. Use of accurate and nationally representative data can be instrumental in policy planning, programme design, health system monitoring and...

-The Indian Express With the figures indicating that the job crisis triggered by Covid-19 continues, Kerala economy may be facing long-term impact, with remittances from abroad, mainly West Asia, its lifeline. Thiruvananthapuram: AMIDST the Covid-19 pandemic-induced economic crisis, 5.52 lakh people who have returned to Kerala from abroad sINCe May last year have given loss of jobs as reason, according to government data. As per figures compiled by the Department of Non-Resident Keralites...