Gender equality across the world still remains a far-fetched goal, according to United Nations report ‘World’s Women 2020: Trends and Statistics’. Report presented the global state of gender equality in six critical areas: Population and families; health; education; economic empowerment and asset ownership; power and decision-making; and violence against women and the girl child asContinue reading “Gender Parity in 2020”
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Global Hunger Index: 2020
Global Hunger Index measures countries on four metrics: undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting and child mortality. As per latest GHI report, India stood at 94th rank out of 107 countries, behind all its neighbouring countries. In terms of severity, India is categorised to have serious hunger problems with 14% of population facing undernourishment. Follow usContinue reading “Global Hunger Index: 2020”
Air Pollution: The Silent Killer!
According to the latest State of Global Air report, air pollution was 4th leading cause of death in 2019 after high blood pressure, tobacco and poor diet. Long term exposure to air pollution contributed to 6.7 Mn deaths globally (1.6 Mn in India) from stroke, heart attack, diabetes, chronic lung diseases, lung cancer and neonatalContinue reading “Air Pollution: The Silent Killer!”
