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According to the UN agencies and development groups, Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023.
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The Supreme Court expressed displeasure on Monday, stating that the implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, remains in a "dismal stage" due to some states' failure to frame the requisite rules.
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Poor dietary habits contribute to an estimated 8 million deaths globally, with 2 million attributed to excessive sodium consumption. To increase awareness about this WHO has released the second list of Sodium Benchmarks.
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Concerns loom over damage to Pulicat wetland as claim settlement of villages in the sanctuary begins.
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ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CMFRI) achieves captive breeding of high-value marine fish golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus).
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The study, “Environmental drivers of increased ecosystem respiration in a warming tundra,” warned the warming planet may alter the characteristics of tundra environments and could transform them from carbon sinks to carbon sources.
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According to a 2020 world health organisation report, the mortality burden is especially higher in low and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia, with India alone at a staggering average of 58,000 deaths in a year.
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A rare butterfly species named Neptis philyra, has been discovered for the first time in India in Tale Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh.
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The Madras High Court has declared unconstitutional, a 2010 amendment which brought waqf properties under the ambit of the Tamil Nadu Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act of 1976.
