‘INDIA CAN’T HANDLE MORE BIG CATS’

Environment

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-29 ‘INDIA CAN’T HANDLE MORE BIG CATS’ Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Wildlife Related Issues While conservation efforts are aimed at increasing the tiger count in India, global experts and officials in the government suggest that India must also prepare for a new challenge — of reaching…

MODEL FOR MALARIA CONTROL

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

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-28 MODEL FOR MALARIA CONTROL Relevant for: Developmental Issues | Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues By prioritising malaria elimination, India, and especially Odisha, is showing the world the way. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The World Health Organisation’s World Malaria Report of 2018 turned the spotlight on…

SEVEN NORTHEASTERN STATES LAG BEHIND IN TOILETS FOR SCHOOLGIRLS

Employment & Sustainable Development, Health, Indian Society, International Relations, SANITATION

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-28 SEVEN NORTHEASTERN STATES LAG BEHIND IN TOILETS FOR SCHOOLGIRLS Relevant for: Developmental Issues | Topic: Health & Sanitation and related issues Nationally, about 66.4% schools provide girls with toilets. An average of 34.96% schools in the eight northeastern States had usable toilets for girls in 2018 compared to 36.66%…

THE GAP WITHIN: ON INTER-STATE DISPARITIES

Indian Economy, Indian Polity & Constitution, Indian Society, News

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-24 THE GAP WITHIN: ON INTER-STATE DISPARITIES Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Issues Related to Poverty, Inclusion, Employment & Sustainable Development India, as the world’s fastest-growing major economy, may well be catching up with the richer economies in terms of absolute size. But economic convergence within the country remains…

A RECKLESS EXPERIMENT: ON GENE-EDITED BABIES

General Awareness, Governance in India, Indian Polity & Constitution, Indian Society, International Relations, URBANIZATION

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-24 A RECKLESS EXPERIMENT: ON GENE-EDITED BABIES Relevant for: Science & Technology | Topic: Biotechnology, Genetics & Health related developments The saga of the Chinese scientist who created the world’s first gene-edited babies last November has forced researchers everywhere to take a hard look at the ethics of gene-editing. Chinese…