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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Small is not beautiful
Resource crunch and poor regulatory processes have made small-scale industries the pariahs of India"s environment
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The new recruits
Mixed forecast for agriculture for the ten entrants into the EU
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Mere plans
Government proposes. Industry disposes. Programmes for cleaning up have very largely gone by the wayside
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New East vs new West
Another “developing” divide
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Hankering for more
Industry is forcing bad calories upon people, especially the poor
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Full-scale review of poverty
What is poverty? The Planning Commission is set to undertake an exercise to find a quantifiable answer to the question. It has proposed to the Union government to set up an expert group to redefine poverty and, consequently, reassess the percentage of Ind
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Cash cropped
Transnational corporations are playing havoc with the lives of farmers
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Have technology, will survive
A green agenda based on the paradigm of pollution prevention can rescue the small scale industry
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Blog on Vidarbha suicides
fears of scientists at the Indira Gandhi Agriculture University, Raipur, about the possible transfer of germplasm of Jatropha Carcus (see
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Job growth statistics conceal agrarian crisis
Should we feel comfortable with the latest government claim that unemployment is coming down? The government says unemployment has come down due to growth. During the 2006-07 budget, finance minister