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
From the maw of the Indian state there has emerged an undigested piece of development cake: nutritionally speaking, people’s diets are out of joint. The nutritional value of the food people consume daily today is alarmingly off what the body requires to
The prevalence of gallbladder cancer, the commonest biliary malignancy, shows geographical and racial variations. It is reported to be rare in India. However, the incidence of gallbladder cancer in north
NIDHI JAMWAL looks at ways to utilise flyash, and so combat a polluting scourge
In India, where 500 million people out of about 1,000 million depend on forests for their survival, any sweet talk about wood consumption is bound to elicit a strong reaction. A study suggesting India s forest cover has improved due to an increase in th
Of halving the world’s undernourished by 2015 is ambitious. Here’s why:
How much rain?
Water: industry is misusing it, but for how long?
Energy: economic and environmental compatibility
Agro based pulp and paper: technological inability?
Tanneries: ill managed, technologically challenged