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Aspects |
Trend |
Global unemployment rate |
5.1%, a modest improvement on 2022 |
Global labour force participation rate |
It is expected to decline further in 2023, reaching 60.5% the lowest level since 1990. |
Global labour income share |
It has fallen by 3.3% points since 2004 indicating worsening of income inequality |
Number of workers in extreme or moderate poverty |
It is estimated to increase by 34 million in 2023, reversing the progress made in the past decade. |
women workforce |
They account for 38% of all key workers globally, though they are the majority in health and retail. |
Reference
The Hindu | World Employment & Social Outlook Report
El Nino
India’s monsoon rainfall for the year 2023 hit a five-year low, marking the lowest since 2018 due to El Nino
Reference
Down to Earth | Western Disturbance
Recently ICD-11 was launched with the inclusion of Traditional Medicine Module 2.
Importance of ICD-11
References
Recently the draft policy was prepared to declare Pong Dam Wildlife Sanctuary and the surrounding area an eco-sensitive zone.
Impact of Declaring Pond Dam an ESZ
The National Environment Policy (2006) defined the Eco-Sensitive Zones “as areas/zones with identified environmental resources having incomparable values which require special attention for their conservation” because of its landscape, wildlife, biodiversity, historical and natural values.
References
The findings of a new survey by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) underscored the need for properly monitoring critically important antimicrobials to mitigate AMR.
3rd generation cephalosporins are categorised as the highest priority critically important antimicrobials (HPCIA) by WHO.
Report by Centre for Science and Environment in 2021 |
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Recent data from the Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Surveillance Network of the ICMR as well as National Antimicrobial Surveillance Network (NARS-Net) of NCDC also showed a trend of increasing resistance towards CIAs, including 3rd generation cephalosporins and aminoglycosides.
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