India compares poorly in many health indicators. For instance, India’s rank was 112 out of 167 countries in the world’ health and health systems in 2023 (Vankar, 2024). India’s life expectancy at birth was 67.3 years in 2021, while it was 83.9 years in Singapore. India also had a...
Even Viṣṇu glorifies him as the first among the gods and as one who deserved the foremost rank among them. In the Purāṇas we find the trinity of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva rising to eminence. Extensive treatment of Śiva including his physical features, his functions, ...
India has maintained stable total cropping areas (~120 Mha) during the last five decades but contrasting changes of the relative proportions of Rabi and Kharif season cropping areas have been observed (Fig.5a). In the 1960s, the Rabi-season cropping area was responsible for ~32% of total ...