Kerala’s floods are raising concerns over leptospirosis and other infectious diseases as contaminated water, disrupted sanitation and stagnant water increase exposure. Research shows that the health...
India's agrarian crisis is reducing farmer incomes while making healthy diets increasingly expensive. Here's why India's food system needs urgent reform.
In Himachal Pradesh, repeated floods and landslides are reshaping mental health in the mountains — but disaster policy still doesn’t see it.
Cancer treatment has benefited from plant-derived compounds, including medicines used against leukaemia, lymphoma, breast and ovarian cancers. But deforestation could destroy plants that may contain compounds...
When we think of deforestation, we often think of lost habitats, disappearing wildlife and declining biodiversity. For the pharmaceutical industry, a forest is a vast biological...
India has significantly reduced hunger through its food security programmes, but more than 520 million people still cannot afford a healthy diet. As food prices rise...
While the immediate focus remains on containing the virus, the UNDP says the outbreak is also threatening livelihoods, jobs and public services, particularly in countries with...
