Summer season: Water storage in country’s key reservoirs at just 38%: Official Data
New Delhi: Ahead of the summer season, the live storage capacity in India’s 150 primary reservoirs stands at just 38 per cent of their total capacity, which is less than the last decade’s average for the same period, according to data. Cities like Bengaluru are already grappling with a shortfall of around 500 million litres […]
India’s fertility rate down from 6.2 to under 2 since 1950: Lancet Study
Predicts further decline to 1.3 in 2050 New Delhi: India’s fertility rate dropped from nearly 6.2 in 1950 to just under 2 in 2021, and is projected to fall further to 1.29 and 1.04 in 2050 and 2100, respectively, according to a new global research published in The Lancet journal. These numbers were found to […]
Inequality rising since 2000s, top 1 pc in India holds 40 pc wealth: Study
New Delhi: Inequality in India has skyrocketed since the early 2000s, with the income and wealth share of the top 1 per cent population rising to 22.6 per cent and 40.1 per cent, respectively, in 2022-23, according to a working paper. The paper titled ‘Income and Wealth Inequality in India, 1922-2023: The Rise of the […]
UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change
Says ice-melt increased in 2023 Geneva: The UN weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice, and warning that the world’s efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate. The World Meteorological Organisation, in […]
Rising dengue burden is costing India and Sri Lanka billions
New Delhi/Colombo: The increasing incidence of dengue in India and Sri Lanka is not just a significant health concern but also exacts a hefty economic toll on these South Asian countries, say experts who estimate the annual losses to be in billions. Researchers highlight the dire economic consequences of this affliction caused by a virus […]
Covid-19 origin in more probability unnatural than natural: Study
Says lab leak potential source New Delhi: The Covid-19 pandemic in more probability had an unnatural origin than a natural one with a potential source being a lab accident or leak, according to new research that employed a commonly used risk analysis tool to arrive at this conclusion. Originally designed to distinguish between natural epidemics […]
Neurological conditions now leading cause of ill health and disability globally: Lancet Study
New Delhi: Neurological conditions such as epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are now the leading cause of ill health and disability globally, affecting 3.4 billion people in 2021, according to a major new analysis published in The Lancet Neurology journal. Globally, the number of people living with, or dying from, neurological conditions such as stroke, […]
COVID pandemic- Many countries are bouncing back but poorest lag behind: UN Report
United Nations: Many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the poorest are not and a significant number are seeing conditions deteriorating, a report from the UN Development Progamme said on Wednesday. Achim Steiner, head of the agency, said that after two decades during which rich and poor countries were coming closer in […]
Glaucoma among leading causes of irreversible blindness: Experts
Stress regular eye screening, caution against self-medication Srinagar: Glaucoma, often termed the “silent thief of vision”, is one of the primary causes of irreversible blindness, and there is a critical need for regular eye screening, according to doctors. Dr Shugufta, Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at GMC Srinagar, explained that Glaucoma manifests when […]
Life expectancy dropped by 1.6 years during pandemic: Lancet Study
Says past progress records a reversal New Delhi: Global life expectancy dropped by 1.6 years between 2019 and 2021, a sharp reversal from past improvements, according to a research published in The Lancet journal. One of the first to fully evaluate demographic trends in the context of the first two years of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) […]
