Women farmers play a crucial role in South Asia’s agricultural sector and contribute significantly, despite facing numerous challenges. The intersection of climate change, gender, and health can have disproportionate
It might be a good idea to talk to consumers when a crisis blows up After officials from the food safety department in Kerala raided a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet in Thiruvananthapuram last
If seed becomes a monopoly in the hands of a few multi-national corporations, it would mean destruction of biodiversity, said activist and environmentalist Vandana Shiva, calling upon people to join hands
Around 400 cases of dengue were reported in the national capital this season, almost triggering the threat of a dengue outbreak in the city. Around 30 cases were reported on Saturday alone. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has so far reported the highest number of cases, around 150 cases, with the north and East Delhi Municipal Corporations trailing not far behind, reporting approximately 140 and 70 cases respectively. While the rough estimated number of dengue cases being reported in Delhi is around 30 per day, doctors in most major Delhi hospitals say they are getting at least 20 cases every day.
AIZAWL: With the number of cancer patients rising in Mizoram, the Lal Thanhawla government is seriously putting its effort to establish a cancer hospital and research institute in Mizoram. The rising cases of cancer patients in Mizoram has been caused by the excessive use of tobacco products by the people, according to Dr Kuddus Ahmed, secretary of Association of Oncologist of North East India who had commented this earlier in the year in Aizawl.
Four Nigerian villagers took Royal Dutch Shell to court on Thursday in a landmark pollution case that campaigners said could open the door to more compensation claims against international companies.
PEOPLE who have never smoked, but who live in areas with higher air pollution levels, are roughly 20 percent more likely to die from lung cancer than people who live with cleaner air, researchers conclude
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it cannot be swayed by emotions or public protests in directing closure of polluting industries but have to go strictly by law in deciding demands for closing down Sterlite Industries in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin district. A bench of justices A K Patnaik and H L Gokhale wondered whether courts can intervene and direct closure even after the authorities like the pollution control board had granted the clearance.
GUWAHATI: Altogether 1.8 million children have been affected in the floods and struggling daily to meet their basic needs such as food, water, medicare and education during the past three months in Assam, as per an estimate of Save the Children’, an internationally acclaimed NGO. “Out of the total affected population of 4.89 million, the number of children was 1.8 million and many of them were affected twice,” ‘Save the Children’ Chief Executive Officer Thomas Chandy said. The NGO members visited some flood affected areas on Tuesday.
‘Marine litter affecting the livelihood of fishermen’ Plastic pollution in marine ecosystems is causing health hazards and economic loss, according to marine scientists. The presence of plastic pollutants in seas and backwaters is upsetting the ecosystem and breeding grounds of a large number of economically important fish varieties, said V. Kripa, head of the Fishery Environment and Management Division of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.
In 1965, health authorities in Camberwell, a bustling quarter of London's southward sprawl, began an unusual tally. They started to keep case records for every person in the area who was diagnosed with
