-Business Standard Both the minimum and maximum will remain below normal in Southern Peninsular and Central India in these winter months. Brace for some warmth this winter as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its December-February forecast on Thursday said that the minimum and maximum temperatures could remain ‘normal’ to ‘above normal’ over most parts of Northwest and Northeast India. Both the minimum and maximum will remain below normal in Southern Peninsular and...

-Hindustan Times IPCC co-chair Hans-Otto Pörtner said only a massive mobilisation towards transformation of energy use, industry, infrastructure, society and how we deal with ecosystems will keep that limit within reach New Delhi: The 1.5 degree C threshold for global warming, the redline as far as the climate crisis is concerned, may be breached as early as the end of the current decade, two Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s co-chairs said. Hans-Otto Pörtner,...

-The Tribune Centre says the opposition by activists, experts and scientists to GM crops was ‘ideological’ rather than based on scientific rationale New Delhi: As activists express concern over possible environmental contamination due to genetically modified (GM) crops, the Supreme Court on Thursday sought to know from the Centre if there was any compelling reason for the environmental release of GM Mustard. “What we want to know is whether in Indian conditions is...

-The Telegraph CM Mamata Banerjee had lambasted health officials for the increasing trend of referring patients, even pregnant women, to hospitals in Kolkata West Bengal’s maternal mortality ratio is above 100 per 100,000 live births, compared with the national average of 97, according to the latest figures (2018-20) published by the Registrar General of India on Tuesday. The state’s maternal mortality ratio had dropped to 94 and 98 in the 2015-17 and 2016-18...

-Hindustan Times What do the latest numbers, analyst forecasts, and high-frequency data tell us about the state of Indian economy? The National Statistical Office (NSO) released GDP numbers for the quarter ending September 2022 on November 30. GDP growth for the second quarter is 6.3%, which is exactly what the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI projected in its September resolution. What do the latest numbers, analyst forecasts, and high-frequency data...