First Edition Of The Tokhü Emong Bird Count : Nagaland Nagaland is hosting the first edition of the Tokhü Emong Bird Count (TEBC) between November 4 to 7, a four-day documentation event to list birds in the state. It is the first avian documentation exercise taken by Nagaland to go beyond Amur falcons. The event […]
Tag: 7th Nov 2022
Snakebite Deaths : Report 2022
Snakebite Deaths : Report A study published in Nature Communications recently estimated that a vast majority of snakebite deaths globally — up to 64,100 of the 78,600 deaths — occur in India. The study used data from verbal autopsy and vital statistics (civil registration) to estimate snakebite deaths from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 […]
Bringing Back The ‘Odd-Even’ Vehicle Rationing Scheme : Delhi Govt
Bringing Back The ‘Odd-Even’ Vehicle Rationing Scheme : Delhi Govt After implementing a series of anti-pollution measures to control the plummeting air quality index (AQI) in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party government is also considering bringing back the ‘odd-even’ vehicle rationing scheme. Odd-even’ was first introduced in 2016 by the AAP government to control vehicular […]
