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Climate Change Crisis: Why Fatuhi Khera In Punjab Changed From Cotton To Rice
In Fatuhi Khera, Punjab, crop losses following a deluge in 2009 prompted a switch from growing cotton to paddy in 75% of the acreage that was earlier under cotton. Since paddy withstands water logging...
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‘We Could Reverse Type 2 Diabetes In India In The Next 5 Years’
Mumbai: Aseem Malhotra PhD, is a man with a mission–to drastically reduce the amount of carbohydrates we eat. He claims by cutting back on sugary and starchy foods, we will not only benefit from...
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Fewest Mothers Die In States With Best ‘Health Performance’
Mumbai: Fewer Indian mothers died in states that improved their overall “health performance”, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of the latest maternal mortality data. Seven of 10 Indian states...
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India Accounts For 1/5th Of Global Deaths From Floods, As Climate Change...
Mumbai: India accounts for one-fifth of global deaths due to floods, according to government data that lend perspective to a new World Bank study that says climate change will lower the standards of...
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Majority Of Indians Prefer Leaders From Own Caste, Religion, Tribe
Mumbai: A majority of Indians prefer political leaders from their own caste, tribe or religion, according to a 2018 study, indicating how identity politics plays a significant role in state and...
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Health Expenses Pushed 55 Million Indians Into Poverty In 2017
Mumbai: Out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenses drove 55 million Indians–more than the population of South Korea, Spain or Kenya–into poverty in 2017, and of these, 38 million (69%) were impoverished by...
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Why Proposed Tax On Chinese Solar Cells May Hit India’s Clean Energy Ambitions
New Delhi: After a year of record growth, India’s clean energy sector could take a hit if the government approves a proposed 25% safeguard duty on solar cells and modules imported from China and...
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As A Genetic Revolution Collapses, Vidarbha’s Cotton Farmers Dread Coming Season
Tejrao Bhakre, 57, in his tin-roofed, brick house in Goregaon Budruk village, Akola taluka and district in north eastern Maharashtra. Yield from his 2-acre cotton farm fell 84% last year. None of the...
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Centre On Course To Meet 2025 Goal Of Spending 2.5% Of GDP On Public Health
New Delhi: The Centre is on course to meet the 2025 target of spending 2.5% of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) on public health, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of national data....
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Being Urban, Wealthy & Educated Increases Risk Of Heart Disease
Mumbai: Heart disease is the highest killer among Indians but the risk of heart disease varies across states, with wealthier and more urbanised states having higher risk, according to a new study....
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Why Every Child In India Is Not Vaccinated: Wealth, Mother’s Education, Birth...
New Delhi: A child born to a household in the richest wealth bracket in India is 2.26 times more likely to receive the critical, three-dose vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and...
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4 Of 5 Best-Governed States In India Are Not Ruled By BJP
Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), or a political alliance it is a part of, governs 18 of 29 states in India, home to nearly 63% of the country’s population. But only one BJP-ruled state,...
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Why National Nutrition Mission Must Focus On Improving Women’s Well-being
Eighteen-month-old Chandni Kol with her mother Savita Kol, 24. Chandni’s birth was not registered in her village, she has never visited a doctor and has received no immunisation. Chitrakoot, Uttar...
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Why Health Workers, Paid Rs 4,000 Per Month, Are Vital To India’s National...
Anganwadi worker Madhubala, 47, at a pre-school education class at an anganwadi held in a primary school in Kuiya village, Farrukhabad. Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh: Every morning, 26-year-old...
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Niti Aayog CEO Says Unequal Growth Holding India Back. Here’s What He Means
Mumbai: Infant mortality rates in Goa and Kerala are similar to the European and Central Asia average, while Madhya Pradesh and Odisha mirror rates found in Afghanistan and Haiti, countries with...
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BJP States Most Resistant To Eggs In Mid-Day Meals, Cite Vegetarian Sentiments
New Delhi: Swati Narayan, a research scholar and an activist with the Right To Food campaign, recently mapped the inclusion of eggs in mid-day meals in schools and anganwadis across India using...
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How Karnataka–India’s Renewables Leader–Could Be Self Reliant In Electricity...
Bengaluru: Solar power plant at HAL airport New Delhi: By adding 11 gigawatt (GW) renewables capacity in the coming decade, or as much as 11 coal-fired power plants of 1,000 MW each, Karnataka–the...
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8 People Died Every Day On Mumbai’s Suburban Railway In 2017–And That’s The...
Mumbai: Eight people died every day on Mumbai’s railway tracks in 2017, down 20% from 10 deaths every day in 2013, data from Government Railway Police (GRP), Mumbai, show. About 8 million...
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Toxic Air To Blame For Lung Cancer; No Longer Just A Smoker’s Disease
Mumbai: Smokers and non-smokers now represent an equal number of lung-cancer patients, according to a study carried out by the Lung Care Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation focused on...
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Indian Women, Inordinately Burdened By HouseWork, Pay The Motherhood Penalty
Delhi/Gurgaon: Underneath two gigantic chandeliers in the conference room of a posh Gurgaon hotel, 250 elegantly dressed women are ferociously beating drums. Faster, slower, louder, stop. It’s...
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