World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Migration
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Demographic change and the environment
Though there is a fair understanding of the ways in which India's population is changing as well as of the social and economic implications of these changes, little attention has so far been paid to its
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Urbanisation is a challenge for state: Report
Urbanisation, which will be an inevitable part of growth for Himachal in the coming years, will be a major challenge. Unless the urban growth is well planned, chances of gains of development for urban
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Malnourishment high among children of migrants: study
The level of malnourishment is high among children whose parents migrate in search of livelihood. Inherent malnourishment in mothers, lack of food and nutrition security, feeding and dietary practices
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Genomics are transforming our understanding of responses to climate change
Genomic approaches are revolutionizing the biomedical sciences, providing new ways in which to approach the development of therapeutic practices and the understanding of the causal bases of disease. So,
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Addressing inequality in South Asia
Inequality in South Asia appears to be moderate when looking at standard indicators such as the Gini index, which are based on consumption expenditures per capita. But other pieces of evidence reveal enormous
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Number of water birds ‘declining’
KASKI, JAN 15 - Migrantory water birds in the district have been endangered due to human activities such as deforestation and encroachment, ornithologists and conservationists counting the number of such
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Manage climate-induced resettlement
Governments need research and guidelines to help them to move towns and villages threatened by global warming, argue David López-Carr and Jessica Marter-Kenyon.
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Global risks 2015
<p>This 10th edition of the Global Risks report published by the World Economic Forum warns of five environmental risks among the top risks than the economic ones. Interstate conflict with regional consequences is the top-most global risk in terms of likelihood, with water crises ranking highest in terms of impact.</p>
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Climate Change Migration: Pakistan's coastal villagers retreat as seas gobble land
KETI BUNDER, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For fisherman Sammar Dablo, it was as if "the seawater stole our homes" when land erosion forced his village to relocate further inland on Pakistan's
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Polar bears adapting to ice loss and climate change?
Loss of sea ice and other dramatic changes in habitat are causing the polar bear to shift its populations to colder regions, says new research. A gradual shift in bear population distributions has been