-Deutsche Welle/ The Telegraph Financial burdens caused by climate change and government polices have led to an rise in the number of suicides among agricultural workers, experts say. The Maharashtra state has suffered more than most New Delhi: In India, over 600 farmers in the region of Marathwada, Maharashtra state, have died from suicide this year, according to official figures, with a majority of deaths blamed on rains that damaged thousands of...
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Supreme Court asks Union Home Ministry to collect reports from eight States on ‘attacks on Christians’ -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Bench clarifies it has not formed any opinion on the veracity of the allegations by petitioners The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to obtain from eight States information about the registration of FIRs, status of investigation, arrests and chargesheets filed in INCidents petitioners allege to be attacks targeting the Christian community and institutions. The eight States in question are Bihar, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Karnataka,...
More »Study links air pollution to anaemia in women -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph Findings suggest if India is able to meet clean air targets, anaemia prevalence among women in the reproductive age would fall from 53 per cent to about 39 per cent Long-term exposure to air pollution could contribute to anaemia among women of reproductive age through systemic inflammation triggered by inhalation of tiny particulate matter (PM) smaller than 2.5 microns, researchers have cautioned. A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of...
More »Maharashtra Nutrition Month: Minister Says Government Positive On Anganwadi Workers Honorarium Hike
-PTI/ Livemint.com Rubal Agrawal, commissioner of state Women and Child Welfare department, said 'nutrition month' will be celebrated in all 1.10 lakh anganwadis in the state from September 1 to 30. The fifth state level 'nutrition month' programme was launched on Thursday in Thane by Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha. He said the state government was positive about INCreasing the honorarium of anganwadi workers and a decision would...
More »How water shapes India and why we need a paradigm shift in managing our priceless liquid assets -Esha Zaveri
-Scroll.in The INCreasing variability of water can weigh heavily on communities and represents a significant risk facing Indian farms, firms, and families. Rain, rivers, coasts, and seas have shaped our societies from the earliest days. Tales from classical antiquity to the Abrahamic religions to ancient Mesopotamia speak of how water changed the course of history. In India, the “crucible of the monsoon,” the annual drama of the moisture-carrying winds that bring 80% of...
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