-TheThirdPole.net A new study suggests that Himalayan glaciers may be melting even during winter, when they were previously believed to remain stable In late winter 2020, glaciologist Sudip Thakuri visited Kalinchowk, a peak in the Himalayas around 144 km west of Kathmandu. He was surprised by what he saw. The destination, popular among Kathmandu residents seeking a sight of snow-covered mountains, wasn’t as thickly blanketed in white as in previous years. Later...
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MSP is Insurance Against Anarchy in Future: Economist Sukhpal Singh -Ajaz Ashraf
-Newsclick.in Answers to all the questions you are likely to have about the Minimum Support Price and the controversy surrounding it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hope that his promise to repeal the three new farm laws will have the protesting farmers to promptly fold their tents and leave Delhi has been belied. The farmer unions have instead declared that they are not going to call off their one-year stir until the Union...
More »NFHS-5: No, women don’t outnumber men in India just yet. Here is why -Vivek Mishra
-Down to Earth NFHS counts only certain women, who belong to specific demographic categories. There is a bias in it, say experts There are 1,020 women per 1,000 men in India according to the recently released Fifth Edition of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5). Such a sex ratio has not been recorded in any of the previous four editions of the NFHS. But demography experts say it is not the time...
More »Release funds to MGNREGA, urge economists in open letter to PM
-The Hindu Business Line The letter underlined that the MGNREGA has assumed more significance during the period of the pandemic The country’s top economists, Researchers, and activists have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing their concern about the funds crunch in MGNREGA and demanding immediate release of additional funds to ensure that the programme functions as the law requires. The letter, signed by several academics and intellectuals including Jean...
More »Tastier, more nutritious, climate-resistant chana soon, thanks to study led by India’s ICRISAT -Samyak Pandey
-ThePrint.in Scientists from around the world have used genome sequencing to help produce new varieties of chickpea, which are expected to give increased yields at about similar input cost. New Delhi: Research led by scientists from International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India is set to help produce more chickpea or chana, and make it more nutritious and climate-change resistant. The worldwide Research project has made it possible to...
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