-The Hindu Decreasing monsoon rainfall is associated with natural changes in the subtropical Pacific Ocean Northeast India, one of the wettest places on the Earth has been experiencing rapid drying, especially in the last 30 years. Some places which used to get as high as 3,000 mm of rain during the monsoon season have seen a drop of about 25-30%. A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, and...
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Herbal medicines, anti-TB drugs can cause liver failure: Docs -Durgesh Nandan Jha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Alternative and herbal medicines may not always be without side-effects. Doctors say unmonitored use of such medication, as also long-term drugs for ailments such as TB and body-building protein supplements, may lead to liver failure even among patients with no history of liver disease. Take the case of Rashmi Khare (name changed). The 27-year-old Delhi girl was admitted to Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS)...
More »London School of Economics announces Amartya Sen Chair; here's why Nobel laureate's name was chosen
-Financial Express With an aim to honour renowned India-born economist Amartya Sen, the London School of Economics and Political Science, has announced a Chair in Inequality Studies in his name. The Nobel laureate served as a professor in the economics department at the institute from 1971-82. The person holding the position would also serve in the capacity as the Director of the International Inequalities Institute at LSE, the institute said on its...
More »Cases of measles show alarming rise, warns WHO -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu Global data shows a jump of 300% in the first three months of 2019, compared to the same period last year The number of cases of measles — one of the world’s most contagious diseases — is climbing, warned the World Health Organisation (WHO), stating that preliminary global data shows that reported cases rose by 300% in the first three months of 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. In...
More »Unemployment: Why Amitabh Kant and Surjit Bhalla are Wrong -R Ramakumar
-Newsclick.in The arguments put forward by the two government advocates to disparage the NSSO’s thwarted report only serve to create a smokescreen so that any meaningful debate on unemployment becomes impossible. In 1965, P. C. Mahalanobis, who founded India’s modern statistical system, wrote a famous article titled “Statistics as a Key Technology” in the journal The American Statistician. One argument in the paper was as follows. Prior to the emergence of Science...
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