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INDIA WILL BECOME MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN 2023

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  According to the 2022 edition of the United Nations’ World Population Prospects (WPP) , India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023. It also projected the world’s population to reach 8 billion on November 2022. What is the World Population Prospects? The Population Division of the UN publish the WPP biennially since 1951, which provides a historical time series of population indicators starting in 1950. It does so by taking into account newly released national data to revise estimates of past trends in fertility, mortality or international migration. main takeaways for the global population The world’s population continues to grow, but the pace of growth is slowingdown: The global population is expected to grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 and 10.4 billion in 2100. In 2020, the global growth rate fell under 1% per year for the first time since 1950.     Rates of population growth vary significantly across countrie
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Antibiotic use in cows and carbon emissions

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  Long-term exposure to manure from cows administered with antibiotics can change soil micro-biome and decrease their ability to store carbon. It also affects soil respiration and elemental cycling. The exposure also caused changes in the soil's fungal and bacterial ratios as well as altered the bacterial community structure. The use of antibiotics in the livestock sector is widespread — they are used to boost animal growth and treat infection. These account for around 80 per cent of the consumption of medically important antibiotics in some countries. Globally, the use of antibiotics in livestock is estimated to spike by 67 per cent by 2030. “There’s no environment on Earth that is free from the effects of antibiotics,”. Soil is a major source of carbon sink. Plants soak up carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from the atmosphere, while making their food, and store it in the soil.  If the volume of the carbon in the soil is more then it is released back into the atmosphere, soils can co
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The Life of Saint Kabir

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“The life of Kabir is an epitome of human virtue and his teachings are relevant today even after 650 years. Kabir’s life was an ideal example of communal solidarity. He took the initiative to remove the evils, ostentation, and discrimination and also lived the household life like a saint.” The Bhakti movement, the Nirguni tradition and Kabir The Bhakti movement, which began in the 7th century in South India, had begun to spread across north India in the 14th and the 15th centuries.  The movement was characterized by popular poet-saints who sang devotional songs to God in vernacular languages, with many preaching for the abolishing the Varna system and some kind of Hindu-Muslim unity. They emphasized an intense emotional attachment with God. One school within the Bhakti movement was the Nirguni tradition and Sant Kabir was a prominent member of it. In this tradition, God was understood to be a universal and formless being. Many of the saints of the Bhakti movement came from the r
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Is the steel frame of India rusting and losing its shine?

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Who are civil servants and what is their expected role? In a modern democracy, a civil servant is an official in the service of the people and is recruited based on predetermined qualifications. Civil servants are bureaucrats who need to be familiar with the laws and regulations of the country and are expected to act in the best interests of the country and its citizens. They are responsible for managing the resources given to them by the government and making use of them efficiently and effectively. A sound parliamentary system of government requires civil servants to maintain their integrity, fearlessness, and independence. One of the most important functions of the civil service, as stated by the head of the Canadian Public Service, is to “speak truth to power.” The crisis of ethics and accountability in civil servants exposes many issues related to the structure of the code of conduct, constitutional protection, the politician-bureaucratic nexus, and their political victimisation
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RARE DISEASE IN INDIA AND NATIONAL POLICY FOR TREATMENT OF RARE DISEASES 2021

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  RARE DISEASE ‘Rare Disease’ is broadly defined as a health condition of low prevalence that affects a small number of people when compared with other prevalent diseases in the general population, but there is no universal definition. Many cases of rare diseases may be serious, chronic and life-threatening. There are 6,000-8,000 classified rare diseases, but less than 5% have therapies available to treat them. Example: Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSD), Pompe disease, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, haemophilia etc. About 95% rare diseases have no approved treatment and less than 1 in 10 patients receive disease-specific treatment. Three elements to the definition as used in various countries are: The total number of people having the disease Its prevalence Non-availability of treatment for the disorder A formal definition helps a nation to identify such diseases that require financial support for the discovery and development of drugs. This in tur
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GENDER DISPARITY IN INDIA

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  Gender Inequality Gender inequality has been a social issue in India for centuries. Patriarchal norms have marked women as inferior to men. A girl child is considered a burden and is often not even allowed to see the light of the world. Discrimination starts from even before the girl child is born and sometimes, she is killed as a fetus, and if she manages to see the light of day, she is killed as an infant, which makes up the highly skewed child sex ratio. Every child deserves to reach her or his full potential, but gender inequalities in their lives and in the lives of those who care for them hinder this reality. Wherever they live in India girls and boys see gender inequality in their homes and communities every day – in textbooks, in movies, in the media and among the men and women who provide their care and support . Across India gender inequality results in unequal opportunities, and while it impacts on the lives of both genders, statistically it is girls that are the most
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Dust Storms and its Impact on Climate.

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  WHAT ARE DUST STORMS? Dust storm can be explained as a phenomenon when strong winds carry dust over an extensive area . Sand and dust storms are common meteorological hazards in arid and semi-arid regions. They are usually caused by thunderstorms – or strong pressure gradients associated with cyclones which increase wind speed over a wide area. Dust storms arise when a  gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface . Fine particles are transported by  saltation and suspension , a process that moves soil from one place and deposits it in another. These strong winds lift large amounts of sand and dust from bare, dry soils into the atmosphere, transporting them hundreds to thousands of kilometres away. Sand and dust particles are distinguished by their grain size . Storms carrying bigger particles are known as Sand Storm whereas those carrying smaller are called dust Storms . Marginal dry lands are increasingly a source of major dust storms. These areas
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