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Diabetes- A silent killer
China and India have the highest total numbers of people with diabetes 110 million and 69 million, respectively whereas the highest prevalences were found in the Pacific Islands of Tokelu and Nauru,
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From 14 To 4 Million Cases- The Insidious Spread Of Zika Virus
The World Health Organization has declared Zika virus a global health emergency of international concern. It's projected that the virus could infect up to 4 million people this year.
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State of the climate in Asia 2021
<p>Economic losses from drought, floods and landslides have rocketed in Asia. In 2021 alone, weather and water-related hazards caused total damage of US$ 35.6 billion, affecting nearly 50 million people, according to this new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).</p>
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Provisional state of the global climate 2022
<p>The past eight years are on track to be the eight warmest on record, fuelled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat. Extreme heatwaves, drought and devastating flooding have affected millions and cost billions this year, according to this World Meteorological Organization’s provisional State of the Global Climate in 2022 report.</p>
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Clean Your Backyard
Urban India is now the world's third largest garbage generator. But the amount of waste generated is not as much of an issue as the fact that over 45 million tonnes (or 3 million trucks worth) of garbage
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Killer roads
<p>India is committed to reduce the number of road accidents and fatalities by 50 per cent by 2020. However, road safety levels have taken a serious hit with the country witnessing one of the highest growth
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Deadly mosquito bites
As Delhi and other parts of the country battle the surge in dengue cases, here is a look at how vector-borne diseases have been spreading their tentacles over the years.
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Refugees
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) estimates that disasters forced more than 19.3 million people in 100 countries to flee their homes in 2014.
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Green Buildings
India ranks third among top 10 countries in the LEED Green Building rankings. These rankings highlight countries outside of the US that are making significant strides in sustainable building design, construction
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Global threat
More than 70 per cent respondents in Uganda, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Peru, Brazil, the Philippines and India said they were more concerned about climate change than economic instability, ISIS and Iran's nuclear
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Dying kingdom
According to a study published in the journal Nature, 41 percent of all amphibians on the planet now face extinction, while 26 percent of mammal species and 13 percent of birds are similarly threatened.
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Sinking beauties
Sea levels that are rising as a result of climate change are biggest threat for most of the island states across the world. Out of these, 52 small island states are seeing a sea level rise that is four
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India's killer heat wave
Nearly 2,000 people in the country have lost their lives to heat wave this summer. As these numbers continue to soar and experts debate on what lies ahead, a look at possible answers to questions that
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Evicted and abandoned
More than 3 million people were physically or economically displaced by nearly 1,000 World Bank-financed projects between 2004 and 2013.
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114 years of monsoon
India gets 70% of its annual rainfall in the monsoon, which irrigates half the countrys farmlands. Last year, IMD had forecast that rainfall in June-September monsoon season would be 95% of the 50-year
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The Untold story of E-Waste
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Waiting for the bus
India's bus sector is certainly underperforming. The country does not have enough buses to run on their routes and cater to their citizens, leaving them at the mercy of private vehicles. Even as governments
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Does your city figure among India's most liveable cities?
<p>Delhi, the national capital, is the fifth most liveable city in India, according to the Liveability Index 2013 report. Which are the top three liveable Indian cities? Is your city among the 50 liveable
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Trash for thought
Track the growth of plastic waste, from the time of discovery of polyethelene in 1933 till the present, when plastics have become a major environmental hazard on land and in sea.