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Centre has no plans to include heatwave as 'notified disaster'

New Delhi, July 26 -- India experienced unprecedented heatwaves this year, which have killed hundreds of people, but there is currently no plan to classify it as a notified disaster, which will make i... Read More


UN's SOFI report hints at negative impact of private investments on 'zero hunger' goal

Dhaka, July 25 -- Some private investments aimed at eliminating hunger across the globe are actually escalating ill health and inequity, a United Nations report has found. These private investments c... Read More


Economic Survey 2024: 7.85 million non-farm jobs needed for rising workforce annually

New Delhi, July 22 -- The Indian economy needs to generate an average of nearly 7.85 million jobs annually until 2030 in the non-farm sector to cater to the rising workforce, estimated the Economic Su... Read More


UNEP Foresight Report: Large-scale displacement of entire communities now the norm

New Delhi, July 16 -- One in every 69 people, or 1.5 per cent of the world's population, is now forcibly displaced - nearly double the number of people displaced a decade ago, a new report by the Unit... Read More


AI to the rescue: Cutting-edge tech to help cotton farmers fight pink bollworm

New Delhi, July 15 -- Jagdev Singh, a cotton farmer, has faced three consecutive years of hardship. Since 2021, severe pink bollworm (PBW) infestations have significantly impacted his income from his ... Read More


Central India's land-use patterns, roads fragmenting gaur & sambar populations, threatening genetic diversity

New Delhi, July 10 -- Land use patterns and roads in the central Indian landscape were disrupting genetic connectivity of two large herbivores - Gaur and Sambar, according to a first-of-its-kind study... Read More


Heat, water stress can cause up to 14 per cent food production decline globally by 2050; to exacerbate food insecurity

India, June 25 -- In India, the decline may be as high as 16.1 per cent in 2050 in the extreme climate change scenario Heat and water stress can lead to 6-14 per cent global food production decline b... Read More


High temperatures, sluggish monsoon: June no longer suitable for Kharif sowing for millions of farmers

India, June 24 -- Scorching heat and dry fields in bread baskets threaten Kharif crops once again As the first month of monsoon 2024 draws to a close, India is grappling with an 18 per cent rainfall ... Read More


Killer heat's shadow: DTE chronicles scorching lives of India's factory workers in sweatshops turned sweatboxes

India, June 21 -- Employees face dangerous heat, inadequate ventilation and minimal relief in their struggle to make a living This series is supported by the Pulitzer Center. Read the first part here... Read More


With north & west India's night temperature 3-6degC above normal, the poor are exposed to grave health threats

India, June 19 -- Makeshift rooms in 'labour colonies'made of tin, asbestos sheets absorb heat throughout the day & turn the living space of labourers into furnaces It's 10 pm and Champa Dawar, after... Read More