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India’s air pollution problem is now not just limited to the Indo-Gangetic plains, but has increased geographically as well, with states such as Maharashtra and MP seeing people lose an additional 2.5 to 2.9 years of life expectancy due to air pollution, the annual Air Quality Life Index report from the University of Chicago on Wednesday reveals. It finds people in … Read more
About 50% of freshwater-based coal-powered plants, mostly of state-owned companies, do not comply with 2015 water-consumption norms, even after six years. Old and inefficient cooling water-based plants in India continue to operate without installing cooling towers. 48% of India’s existing coal power fleet is located in water-scarce districts. These are findings of a recent study … Read more
Emotion Recognition Technology’, yes, it is a thing, in the ever-evolving technology landscape. Emotion Recognition Technology (“ERT”) is an emerging technology which seeks to recognize and categorize the myriad human emotions depicted by humans through their facial features into certainbroad categories of seemingly universal human emotions which then will be captured through cameras and then … Read more
Air pollution is a public health emergency. Besides suspended air particles, Sulphur dioxide (SO2) is a major pollutant contributing to deaths from air pollution worldwide. Power plants burning coal and oil along with refineries are responsible for two-thirds of anthropogenic SO2 emissions. With about 90 per cent of India’s power generated coming from coal based … Read more
Despite repeated advisories from the Union MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIrs (MHA) since 2013 to all states and union territories (UTs) to increase the number of woman police personnel to 33% of the total police force, the strength of woman cops of all ranks in Punjab and Haryana is lower than the national average of 10.3%. As per … Read more
Population of those above 60 years in India has been increasing steadily since 1961 and it touched 13.8 crore in 2021. It’s growing faster since 1981 due to decrease in death rate, said a study by the National Statistical Office (NSO). Between 2011 and 2021, the general population went up by 12.4% while the elderly population has … Read more
Uneven distribution of monsoon rainfall is likely to impact the kharif sowing, which is expected to fall one per cent as compared to last year, according to a report. The report noted that the southwest monsoon accelerated to close the deficit in long period average (LPA) of rainfall from seven per cent as on July 12 … Read more
Andhra Pradesh hosts at least a dozen structures and sites, which if conserved well, could make it to Unesco’s world heritage list. Apart from historic structures each rivalling the other in grandeur, beauty, architecture, cultural value and traditions, the state has natural sites that are unique in terms of geological and biological significance. However, lack of conservation and … Read more
A parliamentary panel has pointed out falling footprints of the Centre’s flagship crop insurance scheme and expressed concerns over its withdrawal or non-implementation in seven states, saying more such examples in subsequent years and “delay in settlement of claims” will defeat its very purpose. The standing committee on agriculture, in its report tabled in Lok Sabha, … Read more
Assam has dispute with four states The bloody clash between the security forces of Assam and Mizoram has brought back the focus on disputes between states over the border. In the backdrop of this development in the northeast, which claimed lives of six Assam police personnel and injured dozens others, the government informed the Parliament … Read more
