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Average temperature across India rose by 0.89° Celsius in a decade
India's average temperature increased by 0.89°C during 2015-2024, compared to the first quarter of the twentieth century, with temperature extremes becoming more frequent across parts of the country, according to a study. An additional warming of 1.2 to 1.3 ° C is projected by mid-century under a moderate emissions scenario, compared to 1995-2014. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune and Krea University in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, among other institutes, provided an update on observed and projected trends of climate change in the country. Datasets, including those from the India Meteorological Department, and global climate models were analysed. The authors also found that average southwest monsoon rainfall has declined by 0.5 to 1.5 millimetres per day every decade over the Indo-Gangetic Plains and northeast India over the past 70 years. Further, the Hindu Kush Himalaya -- the western part of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region -- have witnessed an accelerated warming of about 0.28° C per decade during 1950-2020, the team said. Losses in glacier mass were found to have accelerated from 0.17 metre-water equivalent per year during 2000-2009 to 0.28 metre-water equivalent per year during 2010-2019.
One woman or girl killed by partner or family member almost every 10 minutes: UN report
One woman or girl is killed by a partner or family member almost every 10 minutes, an average of 137 every day, according to new data released by the UN. In its report released on Monday, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women said that femicide continues to take the lives of tens of thousands of women and girls worldwide, with no sign of real progress. "Last year, 83,000 women and girls were killed intentionally. Of them, 60 per cent – 50,000 women and girls – were killed at the hands of intimate partners or family members," the report said.
This means one woman or girl is killed by a partner or family member almost every 10 minutes – an average of 137 every day, it said.
It is estimated that the highest rate of femicide by an intimate-partner/family member was in Africa (3 per 1,00,000 female population), followed by the Americas (1.5), Oceania (1.4), Asia (0.7) and Europe (0.5). Though femicides are also committed outside of the home, the amount of data remains limited, it said.
One in four Indian adults obese, claims new report
Nearly one in four Indian adults is now obese, a study inaugurated by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change in Delhi on Tuesday claimed, adding that India is at a turning point as obesity-driven diseases rise sharply across both urban and rural areas. The report says national data already shows how serious the problem has become. Quoting the National Family Health Survey 2019-21, the study says that in Delhi, 41 per cent of women are obese compared to 12 per cent in Meghalaya. Further, 22.8 per cent of children aged 6 to 16 in Delhi are obese compared to 13.6 per cent in Maharashtra. The paper titled 'Building on success to secure India's future health' said that 24 per cent of women and 23 per cent of men in India have either overweight or obesity, almost five times higher than 30 years ago. Rates are much higher in cities and vary widely across states.
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