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Teen Pregnancies Should Be Avoided Atleast On Moral Grounds: Study

Pooja YadavMay 19, 20220

Teen pregnancies and their implications on health and education in India According to the world’s first comprehensive study done by the Lancet to ascertain the link between teenage pregnancy and child malnutrition in India, teen mothers are more likely to possess stunted and underweight children than adult mothers. Teen pregnancy puts a young mother’s life in peril while damaging the baby’s growth and development before and after birth. India is home to at least one in five adolescents and one in three stunted children within the world. this is often corroborated by the study published by The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health; stunting and underweight prevalence are 11% points higher in children born to teenage girls than in adult mothers. Samuel Scott, the study’s co-author from I...

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88 Million Indians Lack Access To Safe Drinking Water: A Problem For Future Sustainability

Pooja YadavMay 4, 20220

Water is what sustains and supports life altogether and allows humans to prosper in life. In the absence of this natural gift and precious valuable resource, people begin to suffer. If we talk about India, 88 million people in the country lack access to safe drinking water. Many in India face droughts and are suffering. The explanation for this may be agriculture and therefore the government’s lack of action. Agriculture may be a big way that almost all people in India survive. Rice is more grown and requires more water. because it gets hotter and warmer, water begins to evaporate, requiring more water to grow. Rice is so water-demanding and other plants would offer food while needing less water, which brings into question why they grow rice. the solution happens to be money. ...

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Why Framers Suicide Is So Prominent In India Only? Let’s Know Factors

Pooja YadavMay 3, 20220

Throughout India, as far back because the 1970s or earlier, a national issue has emerged in agriculture. Farmers, for several different reasons, have committed suicide, making many news headlines and affecting not only the families of the lives lost but also many others. As per 2021 data, in the State of India’s environment, greater than 28 farmers and farm labourers die by suicide every single day. Some are in debt from banks and can't obtain them, others are dependent on alcohol or other drugs, low produce or crop prices, stress from family, increased cost to cultivate goods, or perhaps crops failing to grow. While this problem is widespread, Maharashtra, Punjab, and therefore the South are the state's most frequent to work out farmer suicides. In places with higher rates of ge...

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Story Of Himalaya From Beauty To Degradation: How Human Degraded Its Glory

Pooja YadavApril 30, 20220

The Himalayan Mountains, browsing the northern part of India separating it from the Tibetan Plateau, currently faces many issues. Whether related to its public infrastructure, waste, and trash of all sorts, the Himalayas are in need of drastic change. Tourism rules this a part of India’s economy, with the constant in and out nature of anyone seeking to climb the mountains. With increasing urbanization within the area, an issue of waste management makes it so garbage is spewed everywhere. When we consider its higher elevation, indefinitely colder climate, and poor public infrastructure, the Himalayas are riddled with trash. People are willing to pay and clean the Himalayas, but some lack knowledge of different disposal methods and feel they are doing not have sufficient access to them...

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How Much India’s Education System Is Affected By Caste System?

Pooja YadavApril 29, 20220

The class structure could be a system employed by India that ranks people in an exceeding scheme through heredity. The class structure puts people in one in every of 5 castes. The caste dictates the roles that someone can work and also the people who person can marry. At the highest of the class, the structure is that of the Brahmins. they're the teachers and priests in India. they create up about 5% of the entire population in India. These people are the foremost educated in India. They study religious texts and extracts from Puranas and preach them to the lower castes. Right below the Brahmins are the Kshatriyas. In older times, the Kshatriyas were warriors and rulers. Now, they still do their job of defending the political structure of government. Brahmins can become public ad...

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Prashant Kishor Turns Down Congress’ Offer To Join Party; Take A Look Back At His Association With Different Political Parties

Snehashish RoyApril 28, 20220

Political strategist Prashant Kishor has turned down Congress’ offer to join as a part of its Empowered Action Group, dismissing the speculations regarding his possible entry into India’s grand old party. Reports suggest that the Congress party declined to give Kishor a free hand, despite acknowledging the need for a strategic transformation ahead of the 2024 general election. "I declined the generous offer of #congress to join the party as part of the EAG & take responsibility for the elections," Kishor said in a tweet. "In my humble opinion, more than me the party needs leadership and collective will to fix the deep-rooted structural problems through transformational reforms," he added. A section of senior Congress leaders including Jairam Ramesh, Mukul Wasnik, Randeep Surjewala

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Europe Faces Extreme Heat Reaching 120 Degrees Fahrenheit; Climate Crisis Is Omnipresent

Sonia SolankiApril 23, 20220

It won't be wrong to say that the climate crisis is omnipresent as Europe records the highest temperature of 120 Fahrenheit (48.8C) in Sicily. Mr Carlo Buontempo, director of EU'S climate monitoring service said, "2021 was a year of extremes including the hottest summer in Europe, heatwaves in the Mediterranean, flooding and wind droughts in western Europe." He also added, "The understanding of weather and climate extremes is becoming increasingly relevant for key factors of society." EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Report Details The report reveals that the average temperature in Europe has increased by more than 2 degrees in the past year. In its fifth annual report of C3S, it shows that Sicily, Italy recorded the highest ever temperature in Europe at 48.8C (120F). ...

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US’s Human Rights Report Raises Concern On Indian Government’s Lack Of Accountability For Official Misconduct

Sonia SolankiApril 14, 20220

The Annual Human Rights Report On India by the US State Department 2021, which was released recently, raises serious concerns about the government's accountability. Recently, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, during a joint press conference with Union defence minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister S Jaishankar, said, "Monitoring some recent concerning developments in India including a rise in human rights abuses by some government, police and prison officials." Concerns Highlighted In Human Rights Report The annual report on human rights in India speaks mainly about the undemocratic arrests, detentions, extra-judicial killings and differential treatment of various religious minorities. The report also highlights the unjustified prosecution of journalists,...

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Time To Limit Global Warming Is Running Out: IPCC Report

Sonia SolankiApril 13, 20220

The latest IPCC report says "The negative effects of climate change are worsening much faster than scientists predicted less than a decade ago and the time to limit global warming is running out". The report is titled 'Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change'. This is the third instalment of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report. What Is IPCC And Its Aim IPCC stands for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It is a United Nations-governed body that assesses climate change in a scientific manner. It was created by the MWO (World Meteorological Organisation) and UNEP ( United Nations Environment Programme) in the year 1988. The main aim of the IPCC is to provide governments with scientific information, at different levels, that helps in making the climate policies of th...

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How Scaling Up The ORGANIC FARMING Led To The Financial Disaster In SRI LANKA??

Sonia SolankiApril 11, 20220

organic farming may sound like a solid idea regarding an environment-friendly solution in the food and health industry. But this same thing led to a huge disaster in the economy of Sri Lanka says the experts. Organic farming is so much in vogue these days as the environmentalists are backing the idea of food free of chemicals and fertilizers. But the reality is that it's now impossible to switch to Organic farming in a go. As we clearly see the most recent example of Sri Lanka which followed this policy. Today, Sri Lanka is facing its worst crisis ever in terms of economic, social, and political matters. Lessons To Be Learned From Lanka's Failure : According to Ted Nordhans, organic farming is a practical approach when we talk about agriculture activities with respect to climate a...

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Is Fuel Hike A New Normal For Indians? Find Out How BJP Deviates This Issue

Sonia SolankiMarch 30, 20220

Fuel Hike is now an activity that is like any other day to day activity. That's why people have not seen any roads protesting against the hike. Is this a cold reaction as media propagated or the reality is different on the ground? Whatever is the scenario but one important thing which is visible is that the BJP led govt has been able to dilute the impact of the price hike. It's the same government that used slogans like "Bahut hui mehangai ki maar, ab ki baar Modi sarkar" in the 2014 polls. Fuel Hike: A Silent Killer For Common Man The one thing which needs to be understood is that the fuel hike is like a slow and silent killer. As every department and work is related to fuel costing. Like the prices of vegetables, cosmetics, milk products, electronic products, paper, edible oils,...

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WHO Term Air Pollution As Public Health Emergency; Says, No Country Met Guidelines Regarding PM2.5

Sonia SolankiMarch 28, 20220

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that no country has met guidelines regarding PM2.5 in 2021. This is very serious and alarming information with respect to the air quality globally. According to WHO, the average annual readings of small and hazardous airborne particles termed as "PM2.5" should not exceed the level of 5 micrograms/ cubic meter in 2021. But sadly none of the countries in the world is able to achieve the mark. Not only this the most polluted air index belongs to Central and South Asia. The Asian continent homes 46 most populated cities in the top 50 polluted cities in the world in 2021. Why Air Pollution Is A Public Health Emergency? The Director of the department of environment, Climate Change and Health, Dr Maria Neira, says that "Every year more...