Here we report a current country-wide assessment of giraffe in Uganda using recent photographic mark-recapture population estimates as well as a variety of historical information sources to reconstruct the population history as far back as the 1960's. We examine trends in abundance and shifts in ...
i.Thesecond phaseofVigyan Jyoti programmehas been commenced on the occasion of International Day of Women and Girls in Science onFebruary 11, 2021. ii.This phase will cover 50 more districts in addition to the existing 50 districts across India. iiiThe programme encourages girls to nurture thei...
India's first underwater metro train which is being constructed in Kolkata is set to begin operations in March 2022. The underwater metro train constructed by the Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC), will pass partly under the iconic Hooghly river, connecting the twin cities Kolkata and How...
Biomass energy, or bioenergy, is created when biomass is converted into electricity, heat, power, or transportation fuels. Because trees and plants can be grown, harvested, and re-grown in a short period of time, biomass is a renewable energy resource. Furthermore, this process generates residu...
However, such studies are few and employ limited number of indicators of food security (e.g., proportion of household caloric needs met) with a focus only on household-level outcomes. Thus, there is a crucial need for and large potential benefits to linking agricultural systems analysis and ...
India has doubled the number of LED street lights from 49 lakh in March 2018 to 1 crore as on 1st October, 2019. These lights have been installed under the Street Light National Programme (SLNP) and implemented by state-owned Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL)....
The primary bottleneck to achieving the MDGs in low-income countries is health systems that are too fragile to deliver the volume and quality of services to those in need. Strong and effective health systems are increasingly considered a prerequisite to
It is a residence to a substantial number of migrant workers and left-behind children. In this study, we assessed the occurrence and risk factors of bullying in junior high schools in Qingyang City and identified relevant data for formulating prevention and control measures of bullying in western...
”, Stephens and colleagues found that patients with advantageous social connections (friends, family, and contacts affiliated with the hospital) were able to self-advocate for orthopedic trauma surgery at a national referral hospital in Uganda. This provides grounds for disparity in progression to ...
Ideally cases of field resistance should be confirmed in the laboratory using a suitable in vitro assay such as LPT or AIT, and the data compared with existing management practices, but as already mentioned, although this has been implemented in a few projects in South Africa, Benin and Uganda...