-NDTV Lately, the January releases from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) about the advanced estimates of national INCome have a touch of seasonal chill. The estimate of the real GDP growth rate for 2019-20 has touched 5%, falling from 6.8% in 2018-19, continuing a downward slide that started in 2016-17. This is the lowest growth rate sINCe 2008-09, which was the year of the global financial crisis. Indeed, in the entire...
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Haryana sees INCrease of 52 points in sex ratio
-Hindustan Times Chandigarh: Setting a new benchmark in male-female sex ratio, Haryana has witnessed an INCrease of 52 points in sex ratio at birth during the last five years. As per the latest figures, the sex ratio of the state has INCreased from 871 girls for every 1,000 boys in 2014 to 923 girls in 2019. Interestingly, the INCrease is even higher than the target set by the government under ‘Beti Bachao,...
More »Taking a holistic approach to dengue -Dhileepan Selvarajan
-The Hindu Apart from vaccination, this has to involve efficient vector control and proper case management The advent of a new tetravalent vaccine against the dengue virus has thrown new light into the evidence-based management of dengue. An article recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that this vaccine confers about 80% protection to children vaccinated between 4 and 16 years of age without any major side effects. It...
More »Unsustainable food & land use can cost us a lot in the future, says new report
-Press release by Food and Land Use Coalition dated 10 January 2020 India can ensure healthy diets for its growing population, improve livelihoods and plug waste by adopting better food and land use practices New Delhi, January 10, 2020 – With a population projected to reach 1.5 billion people by 2030, and climate risks threatening food security, livelihoods, water supply and human health, India needs to urgently shift to sustainable food...
More »Farmer suicide rate sees marginal decline in 2018, concerns remain -Sharan Poovanna & Shaswati Das
-Livemint.com * 10,349 farmers and agricultural labourers killed themselves in 2018 compared with 10,655 in the previous year * In 2015, the government published elaborate data on farmer suicides, INCluding reasons for suicides BENGALURU/ NEW DELHI: A total of 10,349 farmers and agricultural labourers committed suicide in 2018, a marginal dip from the 10,655 cases in the year before, home ministry data showed. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data on accidental deaths...
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