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HULL The bloom of the stinging lion s mane jellyfish was so pervasive in Duxbury last year that the town s lifeguards made a permanent addition to their first aid kits spray bottles of vinegar.
Assistant Recreation Director Steve Studley said there have not been any sightings, or reports of stings, yet this year. Let s cross our fingers, he said. It s all quiet on that front.
But further north in Hull, state and local officials are already issuing warnings.
In an advisory last week, the state Department of Conservation and Recreation said the jellyfish have been spotted at Nantasket Beach and purple flags have been raised to indicate dangerous marine life.
Doctors must now inform officials of each dark fungus case, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said.
Chandigarh:
Black Fungus has been categorised as a notified disease in Haryana, making it imperative that government authorities be informed about each case. This will allow in the tracking and management of any outbreak.
Doctors in the state are now required to report to the district Chief Medical Officers of any black fungus case detected, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said today. Black Fungus declared Notified Disease in Haryana. Now, doctors will report to CMOs of the district of any Black Fungus case detected, Mr Vij said in a tweet today.
India faces two major challenges in its transition to electric vehicles
The country needs to manufacture lithium-ion batteries at scale and deal with the environmental threat posed by battery waste. Representational image. | AFP
target of generating 175 gigawatts of power from renewable energy by 2022, India has made clear its intent to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The government’s target to ensure that at least 15% of the vehicles in the country are electric
by 2030 is aimed at reducing vehicular pollution – transport accounts for about
11% of India’s carbon emissions – and dependence on crude oil imports.
Electric vehicles are expected to account for 30% of vehicle sales in India by 2030. Apart from environmental gains, this transition is likely to save crude oil imports worth Rs 1,07,566 crore, estimated a
Research reveals gender discrimination can affect crop yields
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More needs to be done to achieve gender equality within farming says the research team
A study examining bean productivity among smallholder farmers in Tanzania, has found that on average, yields are six percent lower among female farmers than their male counterparts. Women are often ‘invisible’ in agriculture, researchers say, due to social structural barriers and national agricultural policies, which do not address discriminatory land rights; education and agricultural information and decision making, which must be tackled to reverse this trend.
The paper ‘What Does Gender Yield Gap Tell Us about Smallholder Farming in Developing Countries?’ published in the open access scientific journal Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing (MDPI), analysed data from Southern Tanzania gathered since 2016 and also drew on research from case studies conducted in Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zimbabwe among other countri