Union Budget 2022-23: What India really needs
The consensus among economists and experts: The large but voiceless vulnerable sections need government protection and they need it now.
Healthy local menu for moms-to-be in Bihar
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme starts new initiative to fight malnutrition
Fixing severe child malnutrition: Views from Amravati’s Dharni
Between May 2020 and May 2021, the infant mortality rate in Dharni block was 37.28%; maternal mortality rate was 3.25%
How much should a person consume?
Book>> How Much Should A Person Consume, Thinking Through The Environment by Ramachandra Guha Permanent Black New Delhi, 2006
How will climate change affect carbon sequestered in tropical forests?
New study emphasises not just species diversity but also geodiversity
Should NABARD regulate micro-finance?
World Health Assembly to adopt resolution to strengthen preparedness for health emergencies
The resolution urges WHO members to increase domestic investment and ensure public funding for health emergency preparedness
Invasive alien species in focus at 10th plenary of IPBES
Report on invasive species & their control to be approved at the plenary was developed over four years by 86 leading experts from 49 countries
An epic global study of moss reveals it is far more vital to Earth’s ecosystems than we knew
They are likely to play increasingly important roles as vascular plants decline under predicted hotter, drier & more variable global climates
IPBES9 assessment reports: Conservation vs use vs sustainable use?
Global body grapples with the question of how biodiversity can be used sustainably and ensuring social justice
SC issues notices to Centre, states to check illegal sand mining
National Legal Services Authority, the petitioner, says rampant sand mining is devastating rivers in the absence of guidelines
Activists reject Parliament panels's food security bill recommendations
Demand comprehensive legislation for food security and nutrition of all, including vulnerable groups
A tab on wishlist
As firms explore applications for Indian consumers, the country is set to drive budget tablet market
Failure to use funds behind Gujarat’s child malnutrition problem
Gujarat fails to use funds for mother, child nutrition
Business bites
How a restoration project in Karnataka is helping revive ecology, community livelihood
Restoration projects can set in motion a virtuous cycle of livelihoods, biodiversity and native knowledge
UN considers payments for forest ecosystem services
This will help create sustainable livelihoods and resilient ecosystems, says a report by three UN agencies
Oil spill could devastate Mauritius’ coral reefs, say experts
They also call for more coverage of oil spills in India
Anganwadi workers hit the streets in protest
Allege government failure in implementation of remuneration hike, other demands not met
Natural calamities provide opportunity for promoting renewable energy
Private sector wants to adopt public health bodies
India can dramatically reduce stunting in children, says World Bank report
Just 1 per cent of children in the country receive adequate food, healthcare and environmental health that are required for normal growth
South Africa aims to speed up service delivery to all citizens
Country’s 20 year review shows jump in access to sanitation and water services between 1994 and 2014
Is tackling climate change economically viable?
0.85 million viruses in birds and mammals can infect people: IPBES paper
Land use change is prime trigger for COVID-19 pandemic and responsible for 30 per cent of new diseases since 1960, it adds