-Down to Earth Between 15 per cent and 20 per cent of humid tropical forests have been cleared since the early 1990s Tropical forests are losing their capacity to cycle carbon and water, according to a study using a new tracking system. The system was developed by a team of international scientists to monitor tropical forest vulnerability between 1982 and 2018. In Africa, forests show relative resilience to climate, according to the study. African...
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Needed: an anti-trafficking law -Kailash Satyarthi
-The Hindu Human trafficking is a crime in itself, but it is also the propeller of several other crimes Sita was 13 years old when she was trafficked. Her parents worked in a tea garden in Assam for meagre wages. She was trafficked to a placement agency in New Delhi, and bought for about ₹20,000 as a domestic worker by a couple. Sita was not paid a single rupee. Instead, she was...
More »Significant job loss due to lockdown, Tourism Minister tells Rajya Sabha
-The Hindu Significant job loss due to lockdown, Tourism Minister tells Rajya Sabha. With the tourism industry among the hardest hit due to the pandemic, it is estimated that about 21.5 million people working in the sector lost their jobs during the nine-month period from April 2020-December 2020, as per the data shared by the government on Tuesday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy said a...
More »Four killed, 35 missing after cloudburst hits Kashmir’s Kishtwar village -Peerzada Ashiq
-The Hindu Flash flood, mudslide and landslips likely in parts of Jammu and Kashmir. SRINAGAR: At least four persons died and around 35 people were missing after a cloudburst hit a village in Kishtwar in the Chenab Valley of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. An official said a major cloudburst hit Kishtwar's Dachhan area. “Four bodies have been recovered so far,” the official said. “Rescue operations are going on. The personnel of the SDRF...
More »How the pandemic and lockdown disrupted labour markets -Abhishek Jha and Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times PLFS report shows urban unemployment grew; there was an unprecedented shift from urban to rural jobs; wages fell and underemployment increased The 2019-20 Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), which was released last week by the National Statistical Office (NSO) shows a fall in unemployment rate from 5.8% in 2018-19 to 4.8% 2019-20. Since PLFS follows a July-June rather than the fiscal year (April-March) period, the 2019-20 report includes the 68-day...
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