FOR A HEALTHY PLANET

Environment, Environment & Disaster Management

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-21 FOR A HEALTHY PLANET Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Degradation – GHGs, Ozone Depletion and Climate Change Last week in Nairobi, governments welcomed the Global Environment Outlook 6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People (GEO-6) report. GEO-6 argues that in a business-as-usual scenario, the world will exhaust its energy-related carbon…

DOLLAR-RUPEE SWAP, A USEFUL TOOL

Indian Economy

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-21 DOLLAR-RUPEE SWAP, A USEFUL TOOL Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues relating to Growth & Development – Foreign Capital, Foreign Trade & BOP The Reserve Bank of India’s decision last week to resort to a dollar-rupee swap, instead of the traditional open-market purchase of bonds, to infuse liquidity…

INTEGRATE TB SERVICES WITH PRIMARY HEALTH SYSTEM: LANCET

Developmental Issues, Developmental Issues | Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-21 INTEGRATE TB SERVICES WITH PRIMARY HEALTH SYSTEM: LANCET Relevant for: Developmental Issues | Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues Diagnosis and treatment need improvement, says the report. Of the 10 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases reported globally in 2017 by the World Health Organisation, 2.74 million were from…