Author: Shagun Saxena

On Monday, 12th December, the Parliament passed the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 that targets to mandate the use of green energy and allows the government to set up a carbon trading scheme. This is a huge step taken by India in the direction of achieving the set SDG target of carbon reduction by 45% by 2030. The bill will ensure that the big power consumers meet part of their energy needs through renewable energy sources decreasing the dependency on traditional sources, that is, fossil fuel energy. The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on 8th August this year,…

On December 13, the UN declared the top-10 ecosystem restoration initiatives in the world, and the ‘Namami Gange’ project, a National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for the restoration of the riverine ecosystem in India, was one of them. The event took place in Montreal, Canada on Tuesday at the ongoing UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15). The initiatives were declared World Restoration Flagships eligible to receive UN-backed promotion, advice, or funding.  Together these 10 flagships aim to restore more than 68 million hectares- an area bigger than Myanmar, France, or Somalia- and will create nearly 15 million green jobs. Inger Andersen,…

Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. K Sudhakar will inaugurate 114 ‘Namma Clinics’ in Bengaluru, on December 14th at 11 am. On Monday, the Karnataka State Health minister announced that Chief Minister will launch 114 ‘Namma Clinics’ in Bengaluru, and simultaneously they will be launched in the other districts too. The aim is to provide primary healthcare services to vulnerable sections of society especially slum dwellers, daily wageworkers, street vendors, and different economically weaker sections of society through this project.  These clinics will be offering 12 types of health services and each one of them will have a medical…

12th December marks International Universal Health Coverage Day. Today, UHC advocates underline the importance of universal health coverage including financial risk protection, and access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all. Build the World we want: A healthy future for all On 12th December 2017, the UN proclaimed the day as Universal Health Coverage Day by resolution 72/138. Since then every year on 12th December the healthcare industry comes together to stand and advocate for what is required to deliver high quality, affordable, people-centred lifelong participatory primary healthcare for all. The need to raise bigger…

H5N1 crisis in India The AHD officials said, “ The Centre hasn’t notified the latest outbreak of H5N1. Once the notification is issued, immediate response teams of the AHD will cull around 14,100 ducks belonging to three farmers within a one-km radius of the hotspot. The bird culling operation is likely to happen on Monday. Domesticated birds in the area will be destroyed as well.” The samples of the dead duck from Ambalapuzha North was sent to the National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal, for analysis, which returned with the positive test results for avian influenza. In the…