2023 disasters in numbers
In 2023, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards. These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million people. The economic losses
In 2023, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded a total of 399 disasters related to natural hazards. These events resulted in 86,473 fatalities and affected 93.1 million people. The economic losses
Technology and high prices are opening up new oil resources, but this does not mean the world is on the verge of an era of oil abundance, according to this 2013 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO-2013) published by International Energy Agency (IEA).
Air quality at Bandra (Mumbai) Solapur, Pune and Airoli during Diwali Festival 2013 by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board.
Three years [2011 to 2013] comparison of noise levels during Diwali Festival 2013 by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board.
Report by Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board on the monitoring of noise level and ambient air quality in 7 cities - Ambikapur, Bilaspur, Bhilai-Durg, Jagdalpur, Korba, Raipur and Raigarh during and after Deepawali 2013.
China, India and the Russian Federation have the highest burden of MDR-TB followed by 24 other countries says this 18th edition of the global report on tuberculosis released by WHO at Geneva.
The large state-managed and institutionalised provision of water in Delhi and its nearby environs is not free of social and political biases. In the nearby Trans Hindon area, different sections of the
Sacred groves have survived very long without human interference, and thus are of anthropological, cultural, economic, and ecological significance. In India, these groves are concentrated in the North-East
<p>The developing world faces the tough task of producing adequate food to meet the demands of its burgeoning population, as yield levels of major crops have struck a plateau. Food and nutrition security
The 2013 edition of the Key World Energy Statistics presents the most important figures on production, transformation and consumption of energy in more than 140 countries, with global and regional overviews.
Decline in water level more than 4 m is mostly prominent in the states of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh according to this report on the ground water level scenario in India (Pre Monsoon 2013)