Like the fight against poverty and hunger, the progress made by mankind against tuberculosis (TB) in the years up to 2019 has either slowed, stalled, or reversed, and global TB targets are off track due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Globally, although the reported number of people newly diagnosed with TB decreased from 7.1 million to 5.8 million between 2019 and 2020, the number went up to 6.4 million in 2021....
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Srinivas Goli, Associate Professor and demographer at the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai , interviewed by Puja Awasthi (The Week)
-TheWeek.in Greater damage to planet is unsustainable consumption and inequalities, he says We are now 8 billion strong, just 11 years after the world’s population touched 7 billion. The United Nations designated November 15 as the official day to mark the 8 billion milestone, although it’s hard to identify precisely when we reached it. What exactly does it mean to be a world of 8 billion for humanity? Experts have varying opinions. Many...
More »Global Hunger Index: Misplaced Debate and Ignoring Priorities -Achin Chakraborty and SIMAntini Mukhopadhyay
-The India Forum The annual public debate over the poorly constructed Global Hunger Index is all hot air; in the process the critical issue of child undernutrition in India, where authentic data is available showing very slow improvement, gets ignored. In the seminal book An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions, Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen lamented that "social failures that are of enormous importance for development" received scant attention in public...
More »Due diligence reqd. prior to blanket school closures as a precautionary measure against air pollution
--Press release by National Coalition on the Education Emergency dated November 9, 2022 The Delhi government had announced the closure of prIMAry schools last week, as recommended by the NCPCR, owing to the air pollution crisis in the city. While the concern about the health and well-being of children is certainly valid, the response to such a crisis needs to take into account other contributing factors such as the importance of...
More »Punjab: Farm Fires Continue Unabated, Push Delhi's Air Quality To Worst This Year
-Outlook The BJP is lashing out at Punjab government and state's ruling Aam Aadmi Party, accusing it of being in a 'deep slumber' over polluting farm fires. Farm fires have continued unabated in Punjab despite criticism and efforts at awareness, driving the air quality in Delhi to the worst this year on Tuesday. Farmers burn farm stubble in Punjab every year, which worsens the air quality in North India, particularly in Delhi, as...
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