After decades of attempting to improve failing health and education systems in developing countries, the situation in many areas is still dire. In some sub-Saharan African countries, children achieve as little as 2.3 to 5 years of learning, despite typically spending 8 years in school. More than five million children still die before their fifth …
A massive fire broke out in Takshashila Complex in Sarthana of Surat district in Gujarat on Friday, 24 May 2019. The accident cost 22 students of a coaching institute being conducted on the roof of the complex, with their lives. The video of the incident with students jumping out of the window from the building in an …
India has a lot of impressive crop research institutes, agricultural universities and regional research laboratories who have been doing awesome work. The world’s population will reach 8.5 billion people by 2030 as per estimates by the United Nations. By 2050, we will need 70% more food than our current consumption, says World Economic Forum. We …
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Since mankind came to exist some 300,000 years ago, the content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has never been as high as it is now—415 ppm. The measure of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was 200 ppm during the ice age. But since the Industrial Revolution in the 20th century, the amount of the …
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Upgrading the supply chains and price rebates were found to double purchases of cleaner cooking stoves according to the study People in rural India are more likely to switch to improved cookstoves — intended to lower firewood demands and air pollution — if common business practices, such as upgrading the supply chain and offering price rebates, are …
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