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…
Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-28 REMOVING THE ROOTS OF FARMERS’ DISTRESS Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Agriculture Issues and related constraints Recently, there has been active discussion on the strategies addressing farm distress. There are media reports that the ‘interim Budget’ may focus on the farm sector among other things. Agrarian distress, in…
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%…
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…
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…
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