Tag: World Health Organisation

Supreme Court orders complete halt to stubble burning as Delhi chokes.

Source – newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India has ordered a complete halt to stubble burning around Delhi, a major contributor to lethal smog that on Tuesday kept the metropolis of 20 million people choking in air rated “very poor”. The Supreme Court said the capital’s residents were “losing precious years” of their

What India Could Learn From Ethiopia About Food Security

Source- thewire.in Despite India’s fast economic growth and poverty reduction over the past few decades, food insecurity remains very high. This puzzle has been named the “South Asian enigma”. Some indicators of food insecurity, especially child undernourishment rates, are now worse in India than in Ethiopia. This is despite the fact that Ethiopia has only a quarter of India’s per capita income and has