Budget 2023-24: Do you know what growth rate actually implies?

Before arriving at conclusions regarding growth, one has to be really aware of the factors and variables that determine it

International standards evolved to assess health of newborn and yet-to-be born babies

It will provide health practitioners worldwide with clinical tools to monitor growth from early pregnancy to school

As told to Parliament (February 8, 2022): India’s per capita expenditure on health has increased  

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Economic growth has done little to reduce child under-nutrition

Data taken from 121 health surveys and 36 countries has been analysed

Hyderabad: the coveted jewel

Why both Andhra and proposed Telangana state want the city as their state capital

'High GDP states have grown at the cost of the environment'

North-eastern states and Himachal Pradesh score high on environmental sustainability index, says report by Chennai non-profit

Girls interrupted

Ruhi Kandhari visits Jhajjar-the district with lowest number of girl children in India-to know the reason behind the decline

Antibiotic resistance: Nigeria stares at a major catastrophe

Coordinated response is the need of the hour

Can Nigeria kill the fuel subsidy?

With nearly 5,000% increase in expenditure on petrol import subsidy, IMF and World Bank call for funds for education and health sectors

Yet another urban flood: Bengaluru suffers severe water logging following heavy rains

Floods brought traffic, public and emergency services to a halt

Humans exhaust this year’s quota of natural resources

International report shows our demand is way beyond what Earth can provide

UN-backed summit pledges to save oceans, promote 'blue growth', food security

Improved governance, eliminitaion of harmful subsidies on fishing, sharing of knowledge and solutions through information technology are a few …

India poised to surpass China's population

World population to touch 9.6 billion by 2050

India poised to surpass China's population

World population to touch 9.6 billion by 2050

What is leading to Africa’s baby boom

The continent will witness arrival of 2 billion babies between 2015 and 2050

The cost of development in Himalaya

There is a link between the disaster and the manner in which development has been carried out in this ecologically fragile region

Can economic growth and action on climate change go hand-in-hand?

Global Commission on the Economy and Climate explains how this could be achieved in its New Climate Economy report

Health cost of air pollution in India assessed at 3 per cent of its GDP

Total damage to India because of environmental degradation is US $ 80 billion, says first such national-level economic evaluation made by World Bank

Air pollution affecting even unborn children

Higher the pollution, higher the incidence of low birth weight, finds study

Cost of growth: Global natural resources depleting by 45% a year

Analysis of data by World Bank from 136 countries shows poor countries are losing natural resources fast without gaining much by way of human …

Is America the right partner for India to deal with antimicrobial resistance?

The US has largely relied upon voluntary measures to curb the misuse of antibiotics in livestock and poultry farms

Liberal politics of Economic Survey 2011-12

The Economic Survey 2011-12 showcases the dividends of economic liberalisation started by the ruling party. But admits: growth is not possible …

Ways to ensure remunerative prices to farmers

Several states have different levels of capabilities. Some states like Haryana and Punjab are historically in a better position to procure, while …

Mangroves may have saved this village from Phailin

Residents of Praharajpur say the mangrove forest they nurtured contained damage to the coastal village

AMR Awareness Week: How colistin went from 'holy water' in medicine to 'sewage' of resistance

More research is needed to find out the long-term effects of using colistin on humans