Rural Areas
Rising Urban-Rural Gap Not Good; Need to Promote Agriculture Sector:NaiduThe rising gap between urban and rural areas is not in the interest of the country and it must be contained, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said today as he stressed the need for promoting ...
- Fighting Pollution: What Delhi Needs to do, Short and Long Term
Way back in 1972, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had famously and inextricably linked poverty and environmental pollution at the United Nations Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm.
- Study Says Global Obesity Rising Faster In Rural Areas: 5 Tips To Manage Obesity
The team analysed the height and weight data of more than 112 million adults across urban and rural areas of 200 countries and territories between 1985 and 2017.
- A Child's Brain Development May Be Affected By Air Pollution: Experts
The health experts, whose claim is based on several studies, said that the difference between the working memory capacity of children living in urban areas is 4-5 per cent lower than children living in rural ...
- Polluted Smog Covers Pakistani City of Lahore
Heavy smog loaded with pollutants has covered several urban and rural areas in eastern Pakistan, prompting breathing problems, and causing more than 20 deaths in traffic accidents caused by poor visibility on highways, officials and ...
- Fast Food Targeting Black Kids in US: Study
Fast-food restaurants in the United States are "disproportionately" targeting black children and kids in middle-income and rural areas, according to a newly published study. Researchers at Arizona State University and University of Illinois at Chicago...
- Caesarean Deliveries or C-Section Cases in India Spike Up by 15 Per Cent
India has witnessed a sudden increase of 15 per cent in caesarean sections or caesarean deliveries - a procedure performed only during complicated pregnancies.
