India has lost 94,000 government schools over the past decade, with an average of 25 schools shutting every day, according to a NITI Aayog report. During the same period, student enrolment fell by 2.26 crore, while the number of private schools increased.

The report links the trend to falling fertility rates, school mergers, and declining enrolment, raising fresh questions about access to education, learning outcomes and the future of public schooling in India.

#Education #India #GovernmentSchools #NITIAayog

The Himalayas have always tested climbers with extreme altitude, avalanches and unpredictable weather. But rising temperatures are now weakening snowpacks, thawing permafrost, retreating glaciers and shortening safe climbing windows, creating hazards that experience and technology cannot fully predict.

#Himalayas #ClimateChange #Mountaineering #BroadPeak

India’s narcotics crackdown is generating more seizures, arrests and cases, but the justice system is struggling to keep pace.

Nearly 3.9 lakh NDPS cases remain pending as court shortages and forensic delays continue to weaken timely prosecution.

#IndiaDrugCrisis #NDPSAct #IndianCourts #NarcoticsControl

Although private facilities play an important part in the healthcare ecosystem, the NFHS-6 data remind us that a completely free market may not lead to optimal outcomes for healthcare given the asymmetry of information between the patient and the healthcare provider about the need for an expensive intervention. This is true of all health-related services but childbirth is such an important life event, it leaves parents in a particularly vulnerable situation.

𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡’𝐬 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟎𝟏.

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav announces landmark addition, highlighting India’s commitment to Wetland Conservation, Biodiversity Protection & Sustainable Livelihood.

#RamsarSites

A renewed Chandipura virus outbreak has raised alarm in Gujarat, with 35 confirmed infections and 22 child deaths reported this monsoon. Spread mainly by sandflies, the disease can progress rapidly from fever and vomiting to seizures, coma and fatal brain inflammation.

There is no approved vaccine or specific treatment, making early recognition, urgent hospital care and protection against insect bites essential.

#ChandipuraVirus #Gujarat #ChildHealth #Encephalitis