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
You are what your numbers are. 0-5-10-25 is the quickest way to sum you up: 0, if your life is tobacco free, 5 for servings of fruits or veggies, 10 for walking 10,000 steps (or 30 minutes of aerobic activity) and 25 for keeping your body mass index below that cut off. That
This article analyses tourism in Sikkim, a small Himalayan state of India, in light of the most general kind of tourism process models and tourist influx trends. The tourism trends are studied to map the state of progress and prospects of tourism in the state, and for the general understanding of patterns of tourist influx.
Contract farming is emerging as an important form of vertical coordination in agri-food markets in India, and its economic and social consequences are attracting considerable attention in the food policy debates. In this paper the authors have examined the effects of contract farming on milk on productivity, production and costs, prices and profitability.
From 2001 April to March 2009 different Field Directors have given priority to different things forgetting the basics of management of tiger reserve that security was the most important item as Panna Tiger Reserve is surrounded by large number of villages indulging in poaching. Monitoring of movement of Pardhis and bahelias who thrive basically on poaching has not been properly done.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed for hydrological data sharing between the government of Himachal Pradesh and various projects on different river basins in the state here today.
Cardiovascular risk factors start early, track through the young age and manifest in middle age in most societies. The authors conducted epidemiological studies to determine prevalence and age-specific
In this work, a statistical model is developed to predict the vehicle population for the future years. Vehicle population data is collected for the past ten years and simple moving averages method is chosen to use it with the data of vehicle population. Simple moving averages method is explained in detail along with its application to predict the vehicle population for the future years.
New Delhi: The chairman of PM's Economic Advisory Council, Suresh Tendulkar, said on Monday the economy would expand by at least 7% during the current financial year, provided the monsoon does not fail. He ruled out the need for pressing the panic button at the moment.
This note deals with the problem of manual scavenging in India as a form of caste and occupationbased social exclusion. It tries to explore the causes and reasons for the continuance of this social evil in India with a case study of Ghazipur district in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
This paper analyses the intra-state disparities in government expenditure in six states, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, based on the actual treasury data on government expenditure made in the social sectors of education, health and supply of drinking water, captured from the databases of the accountants general of these states.