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
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Seeds of ruin
Indian farmers grapple with debt as economy grows
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"Biological control is the way out"
Dr. R D Gautam, principal scientist and in charge of the Plant Health Clinic, speaks to Down To Earth
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The big picture
That nobody has bothered about
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Centre eases quarantine norms for wheat imports
food and environmental safety in the country has been stoked with the centre's decision to ease the quarantine norms for 5.5 million tonnes of imported wheat. The first tender for this was released
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Unmasking aerosols
Forget health impacts, tiny particles floating in the air are altering regional climates and affecting monsoon patterns and agricultural yield. These particles could be emanating from diesel and industrial emissions, biomass burning for cooking, forest fi
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"We need to be more proactive"
Dr. S. Ramani, senior scientist Agricultural Entomology , Project Directorate of Biological Control Indian Council of Agricultural Research , Bangalore speaks to Down To Earth
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Poor amenities
Basic services can work against poverty but are usually elusive, shows the latest World Development Report
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SEZs get a social face
in orderto allay fears of tax evasion and land grab, the Board of Approval (boa) for special economic zones (sezs) recently issued fresh guidelines for building social infrastructure, hospitals,
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'Serious study has not yet begun'
R Uma Shankar, Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, speaks to Down To Earth
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Caught in the web
Of poverty, life in India has improved little over the past decade, reports the planning commission's National Human Development Report 2001