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Lead exposure in children costs world $3.4 trillion a year, study warns

India, Oct. 21 -- A new study estimates global yearly losses from childhood lead exposure at $3.4 trillion, or 2% of global GDP. Despite the ban on leaded petrol, contamination persists through unsaf... Read More


Finnish author's 2023 novel to come to India on October 23; will bring spotlight back on Steller's sea cow

India, Oct. 21 -- The publisher MacLehose Press will bring out the ebook version of Finnish author Iida Turpeinen's award winning novel Beasts of the Sea in India on October 23, 2025. It will bring ba... Read More


Wars on women escalate as global conflicts reach record highs

India, Oct. 21 -- 676 million women live near active conflicts, the highest figure since the 1990s Civilian casualties among women and children quadruple in two years Conflict-related sexual violenc... Read More


An Amazon outage has rattled the internet. A computer scientist explains why the 'cloud' needs to change

India, Oct. 21 -- The recent AWS outage, affecting banks and social media platforms, reveals the profound risks of centralized cloud computing. With AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud dominating ... Read More


Morning after Diwali, Delhi stations record Poor, Very Poor AQI

India, Oct. 21 -- Most monitoring stations within Delhi recorded air quality index (AQI) levels in the 'Poor' or 'Very Poor' categories on October 21, a day after the national capital celebrated Diwal... Read More


There are now just 354 leopards across the whole of West Africa. Even they too could soon vanish

India, Oct. 20 -- The leopard, one of the main carnivores of West Africa, has declined by more than 50 per cent in the last three generations (22.3 years), according to the latest International Union ... Read More


In Sub-Saharan Africa, only 44% women of childbearing age achieved minimum dietary diversity between 2019 and 2023: FAO

India, Oct. 20 -- Only 44 per cent women of childbearing age in Sub-Saharan Africa achieved minimum dietary diversity between 2019 and 2023, a new report reveals. The assessment, titled Tracking Prog... Read More


Central Asia comes together to protect 17 shared species like Saiga, Bukhara Deer and several others

India, Oct. 20 -- Representatives from a number of Central Asian countries have endorsed a six-year work programme that identifies priority transboundary conservation regions important for conserving ... Read More


Green fireworks norms go for a toss in Kolkata even before Diwali day

India, Oct. 20 -- Kolkata, once known as a 'model city' for controlling the menace of fireworks, witnessed large scale violations even before Diwali day arrived this year. Pockets of the city had a b... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 17, 2025)

India, Oct. 19 -- The NGT orders immediate removal of encroachments and halting of untreated water discharge into Bhilwara's Fatehsagar and Dharmo Talabs. A joint committee is set up to probe large-s... Read More