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UN Launches SunSmart Global UV App to Help Beat Skin Cancer

June 23, 2022

Education, Health, Sports & Entertainment

The World Health Organization (WHO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) have launched a new mobile phone application that provides localised information on ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels. The SunSmart Global UV

India and the Pollution It Breathes

Jyoti Verma

June 15, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

The latest Air Quality Life Index by the Energy Policy Institute of University of Chicago has found air pollution to be one of the biggest health threats for India. Toxic air pollutants are reducing life expectancy by five years in the country, with pollution

4,20,000 People Die Each Year From Foodborne Illness, Says WHO

Tannuka Juneja

June 7, 2022

Education, Health, Sports & Entertainment

As a result of eating food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals, 600 million people fall ill every year, that is, almost every 10th inhabitant of the planet. 420,000 of them die as a result of foodborne illness, said World Health Organization

Cleaning Up Littered Tobacco Products Costs India $766 Mn Every Year: WHO

Tannuka Juneja

June 2, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

According to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), India spends about $766 million a year to clean up tobacco products. The report, Tobacco: Poisoning Our Planet, points out that the carbon footprint of the tobacco production, processing and transport industry

Tobacco Kills 8 Million People, Harms Environment: WHO

Tannuka Juneja

May 31, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed new information on the extent of tobacco damage to the environment and human health, calling for measures to hold the tobacco industry more responsible for the damage it causes. Every year, the tobacco industry kills more

Monkeypox Spreads to 23 Nations, “Tip Of The Iceberg” Says WHO

Tannuka Juneja

May 30, 2022

Education, Health, Sports & Entertainment

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday (May 29, 2022) that the Monkeypox virus has now been confirmed in 23 countries with a total of 257 laboratory confirmed cases and around 120 suspects so far. The global health body said in

What’s The Length of An Ideal Work Week?

Jyoti Verma

May 17, 2022

Economy & Development

From July 1, the government of India may shift to a different working and wage style. The labour ministry is in the final leg of clubbing 44 central labour laws into four broad codes of wages, industrial relations, social security and occupation

UN Agencies Collaborate to Ensure Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems

Tannuka Juneja

May 16, 2022

News·Social Welfare & Development

Every year, unhealthy diets cause 11 million deaths and 4,20,000 more people die from unhealthy diets, according to the United Nations. In addition, unhealthy diets lead to chronic diseases that cause suffering and weigh heavily on the budgets of all countries. To

China’s Zero COVID Policy is Unsustainable: WHO

Tannuka Juneja

May 11, 2022

Education, Health, Sports & Entertainment

The “zero COVID” policy that Chinese authorities are applying in the face of the latest spike in cases is not sustainable given current knowledge about the coronavirus, said the director of the World Health Organization (WHO). “We believe that it is not sustainable if

India Must Beat the Heat with Precautions and Planning

Jyoti Verma

May 9, 2022

Environment & Sustainability

The summer season of 2022 has begun with the highest average maximum temperature ever recorded over Northwest and Central India in the past 122 years–35.9 degrees Celsius and 37.78 degrees, respectively. While sharing the data, the Met Department also cautioned about the

UN Launches SunSmart Global UV App to Help Beat Skin Cancer

India and the Pollution It Breathes

4,20,000 People Die Each Year From Foodborne Illness, Says WHO

Cleaning Up Littered Tobacco Products Costs India $766 Mn Every Year: WHO

Tobacco Kills 8 Million People, Harms Environment: WHO

Monkeypox Spreads to 23 Nations, “Tip Of The Iceberg” Says WHO

What’s The Length of An Ideal Work Week?

China’s Zero COVID Policy is Unsustainable: WHO

India Must Beat the Heat with Precautions and Planning

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