Just As President Joe Biden Is Inaugurated – United States Reconciliation With World Health Organization Begins 20/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Right after the pomp and ceremony of the heavily guarded inauguration of new US President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris is over, a deadly serious new war on COVID-19 is due to get underway – including rejoining the World Health Organization (WHO) as part of the new Administration’s seven point COVID pandemic plan. That […] Continue reading -> Israel As Global Guinea Pig – Data On Initial COVID-19 Vaccines Encouraging – But Infections Still Surging 13/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – Racing ahead in a relentless vaccine campaign that has made it a global leader, Israel has now administered an initial COVID-19 jab to nearly 2 million people – about 20% of its population, including 70% of people over the age of 60. And it is set to have some 5.2 million people completely […] Continue reading -> As Europe Launches COVID Vaccine Drives – Some Bemoan Switzerland’s Slow Pace 31/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As European COVID-19 vaccine campaigns got underway with celebratory first jabs into the arms of citizens in half a dozen countries, some seasoned observers were still wondering if the pace of vaccine roll-outs will move fast enough to outpace the continuing high levels of infection and fatality – now being fuelled by a new mutant […] Continue reading -> ‘China Box’: Buried WHO Report Of Italy’s COVID-19 Response Cited ‘Inconvenient Facts’ On Pandemic’s Initial Spread in Asia 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico The redacted WHO report on Italy’s pandemic response, “An Unprecedented Challenge” contained a brief timeline of events in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China, which a number of WHO officials sought to amend or suppress even before the entire report was recalled. In fact, the so-called “China box” on the outbreak’s early […] Continue reading -> WHO Playbook For Responses To Media Queries On Suppressed Italian COVID-19 Report – Raises More Questions than Answers 15/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico Second in a series: In the wake of the expanding media attention to a suppressed WHO report evaluating the early days of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response, WHO has begun circulating guidelines to staff for responding to the media over questions that have remarked about recommendations for Q&A The internal WHO memo obtained by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization’s Censorship Of Report On Italy’s Pandemic Response Sets Dangerous International Precedent – Critics Say 15/12/2020 Nicoletta Dentico & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s suppression of an independent report that critically examined both the strengths and weaknesses of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response – sets a dangerous precedent that compromises the international organization’s credibility at a time when WHO’s independence has been questioned – and the Italian national pandemic response is under intense scrutiny as well, […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Opens Against Shadows of Pandemic Despair & Hopes Incoming US Administration May Resume Global Health Leadership Role 08/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Madeleine Hoecklin This year’s 73rd edition of the World Health Assembly resumes virtually on Monday, after a two-day emergency huddle in May – against sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and the United States, deep geopolitical divides – and calls for reform of the WHO that could strengthen its mandate but also may be resisted by […] Continue reading -> US Presidential Election: Identity Politics Overwhelms COVID Pandemic As Voters Choose 04/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While President Donald Trump’s mismanagement of Covid-19 may help Democratic contender Joe Biden turn the final corner in a tight US election, identity politics and the economy have loomed as bigger factors than health in voter choices. Voters in key battleground states, like Michigan and Nevada, explain why. The United States election came just as […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Indian Government Steps Into Delhi Air Pollution Brouhaha – Too Late For This Year’s Emergency 27/10/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare After weeks of inaction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has signalled that it will create a comprehensive law to halt rice stubble burning in rural areas of northern India, where drifting smoke from thousands of fires is a major contributor to Delhi’s annual autumn air pollution emergencies. But experts remain skeptical, stating that there are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Israel As Global Guinea Pig – Data On Initial COVID-19 Vaccines Encouraging – But Infections Still Surging 13/01/2021 Elaine Ruth Fletcher JERUSALEM – Racing ahead in a relentless vaccine campaign that has made it a global leader, Israel has now administered an initial COVID-19 jab to nearly 2 million people – about 20% of its population, including 70% of people over the age of 60. And it is set to have some 5.2 million people completely […] Continue reading -> As Europe Launches COVID Vaccine Drives – Some Bemoan Switzerland’s Slow Pace 31/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As European COVID-19 vaccine campaigns got underway with celebratory first jabs into the arms of citizens in half a dozen countries, some seasoned observers were still wondering if the pace of vaccine roll-outs will move fast enough to outpace the continuing high levels of infection and fatality – now being fuelled by a new mutant […] Continue reading -> ‘China Box’: Buried WHO Report Of Italy’s COVID-19 Response Cited ‘Inconvenient Facts’ On Pandemic’s Initial Spread in Asia 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico The redacted WHO report on Italy’s pandemic response, “An Unprecedented Challenge” contained a brief timeline of events in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China, which a number of WHO officials sought to amend or suppress even before the entire report was recalled. In fact, the so-called “China box” on the outbreak’s early […] Continue reading -> WHO Playbook For Responses To Media Queries On Suppressed Italian COVID-19 Report – Raises More Questions than Answers 15/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico Second in a series: In the wake of the expanding media attention to a suppressed WHO report evaluating the early days of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response, WHO has begun circulating guidelines to staff for responding to the media over questions that have remarked about recommendations for Q&A The internal WHO memo obtained by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization’s Censorship Of Report On Italy’s Pandemic Response Sets Dangerous International Precedent – Critics Say 15/12/2020 Nicoletta Dentico & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s suppression of an independent report that critically examined both the strengths and weaknesses of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response – sets a dangerous precedent that compromises the international organization’s credibility at a time when WHO’s independence has been questioned – and the Italian national pandemic response is under intense scrutiny as well, […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Opens Against Shadows of Pandemic Despair & Hopes Incoming US Administration May Resume Global Health Leadership Role 08/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Madeleine Hoecklin This year’s 73rd edition of the World Health Assembly resumes virtually on Monday, after a two-day emergency huddle in May – against sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and the United States, deep geopolitical divides – and calls for reform of the WHO that could strengthen its mandate but also may be resisted by […] Continue reading -> US Presidential Election: Identity Politics Overwhelms COVID Pandemic As Voters Choose 04/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While President Donald Trump’s mismanagement of Covid-19 may help Democratic contender Joe Biden turn the final corner in a tight US election, identity politics and the economy have loomed as bigger factors than health in voter choices. Voters in key battleground states, like Michigan and Nevada, explain why. The United States election came just as […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Indian Government Steps Into Delhi Air Pollution Brouhaha – Too Late For This Year’s Emergency 27/10/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare After weeks of inaction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has signalled that it will create a comprehensive law to halt rice stubble burning in rural areas of northern India, where drifting smoke from thousands of fires is a major contributor to Delhi’s annual autumn air pollution emergencies. But experts remain skeptical, stating that there are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
As Europe Launches COVID Vaccine Drives – Some Bemoan Switzerland’s Slow Pace 31/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher As European COVID-19 vaccine campaigns got underway with celebratory first jabs into the arms of citizens in half a dozen countries, some seasoned observers were still wondering if the pace of vaccine roll-outs will move fast enough to outpace the continuing high levels of infection and fatality – now being fuelled by a new mutant […] Continue reading -> ‘China Box’: Buried WHO Report Of Italy’s COVID-19 Response Cited ‘Inconvenient Facts’ On Pandemic’s Initial Spread in Asia 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico The redacted WHO report on Italy’s pandemic response, “An Unprecedented Challenge” contained a brief timeline of events in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China, which a number of WHO officials sought to amend or suppress even before the entire report was recalled. In fact, the so-called “China box” on the outbreak’s early […] Continue reading -> WHO Playbook For Responses To Media Queries On Suppressed Italian COVID-19 Report – Raises More Questions than Answers 15/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico Second in a series: In the wake of the expanding media attention to a suppressed WHO report evaluating the early days of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response, WHO has begun circulating guidelines to staff for responding to the media over questions that have remarked about recommendations for Q&A The internal WHO memo obtained by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization’s Censorship Of Report On Italy’s Pandemic Response Sets Dangerous International Precedent – Critics Say 15/12/2020 Nicoletta Dentico & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s suppression of an independent report that critically examined both the strengths and weaknesses of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response – sets a dangerous precedent that compromises the international organization’s credibility at a time when WHO’s independence has been questioned – and the Italian national pandemic response is under intense scrutiny as well, […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Opens Against Shadows of Pandemic Despair & Hopes Incoming US Administration May Resume Global Health Leadership Role 08/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Madeleine Hoecklin This year’s 73rd edition of the World Health Assembly resumes virtually on Monday, after a two-day emergency huddle in May – against sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and the United States, deep geopolitical divides – and calls for reform of the WHO that could strengthen its mandate but also may be resisted by […] Continue reading -> US Presidential Election: Identity Politics Overwhelms COVID Pandemic As Voters Choose 04/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While President Donald Trump’s mismanagement of Covid-19 may help Democratic contender Joe Biden turn the final corner in a tight US election, identity politics and the economy have loomed as bigger factors than health in voter choices. Voters in key battleground states, like Michigan and Nevada, explain why. The United States election came just as […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Indian Government Steps Into Delhi Air Pollution Brouhaha – Too Late For This Year’s Emergency 27/10/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare After weeks of inaction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has signalled that it will create a comprehensive law to halt rice stubble burning in rural areas of northern India, where drifting smoke from thousands of fires is a major contributor to Delhi’s annual autumn air pollution emergencies. But experts remain skeptical, stating that there are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘China Box’: Buried WHO Report Of Italy’s COVID-19 Response Cited ‘Inconvenient Facts’ On Pandemic’s Initial Spread in Asia 23/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico The redacted WHO report on Italy’s pandemic response, “An Unprecedented Challenge” contained a brief timeline of events in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China, which a number of WHO officials sought to amend or suppress even before the entire report was recalled. In fact, the so-called “China box” on the outbreak’s early […] Continue reading -> WHO Playbook For Responses To Media Queries On Suppressed Italian COVID-19 Report – Raises More Questions than Answers 15/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico Second in a series: In the wake of the expanding media attention to a suppressed WHO report evaluating the early days of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response, WHO has begun circulating guidelines to staff for responding to the media over questions that have remarked about recommendations for Q&A The internal WHO memo obtained by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization’s Censorship Of Report On Italy’s Pandemic Response Sets Dangerous International Precedent – Critics Say 15/12/2020 Nicoletta Dentico & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s suppression of an independent report that critically examined both the strengths and weaknesses of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response – sets a dangerous precedent that compromises the international organization’s credibility at a time when WHO’s independence has been questioned – and the Italian national pandemic response is under intense scrutiny as well, […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Opens Against Shadows of Pandemic Despair & Hopes Incoming US Administration May Resume Global Health Leadership Role 08/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Madeleine Hoecklin This year’s 73rd edition of the World Health Assembly resumes virtually on Monday, after a two-day emergency huddle in May – against sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and the United States, deep geopolitical divides – and calls for reform of the WHO that could strengthen its mandate but also may be resisted by […] Continue reading -> US Presidential Election: Identity Politics Overwhelms COVID Pandemic As Voters Choose 04/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While President Donald Trump’s mismanagement of Covid-19 may help Democratic contender Joe Biden turn the final corner in a tight US election, identity politics and the economy have loomed as bigger factors than health in voter choices. Voters in key battleground states, like Michigan and Nevada, explain why. The United States election came just as […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Indian Government Steps Into Delhi Air Pollution Brouhaha – Too Late For This Year’s Emergency 27/10/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare After weeks of inaction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has signalled that it will create a comprehensive law to halt rice stubble burning in rural areas of northern India, where drifting smoke from thousands of fires is a major contributor to Delhi’s annual autumn air pollution emergencies. But experts remain skeptical, stating that there are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Playbook For Responses To Media Queries On Suppressed Italian COVID-19 Report – Raises More Questions than Answers 15/12/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Nicoletta Dentico Second in a series: In the wake of the expanding media attention to a suppressed WHO report evaluating the early days of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response, WHO has begun circulating guidelines to staff for responding to the media over questions that have remarked about recommendations for Q&A The internal WHO memo obtained by Health Policy […] Continue reading -> World Health Organization’s Censorship Of Report On Italy’s Pandemic Response Sets Dangerous International Precedent – Critics Say 15/12/2020 Nicoletta Dentico & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s suppression of an independent report that critically examined both the strengths and weaknesses of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response – sets a dangerous precedent that compromises the international organization’s credibility at a time when WHO’s independence has been questioned – and the Italian national pandemic response is under intense scrutiny as well, […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Opens Against Shadows of Pandemic Despair & Hopes Incoming US Administration May Resume Global Health Leadership Role 08/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Madeleine Hoecklin This year’s 73rd edition of the World Health Assembly resumes virtually on Monday, after a two-day emergency huddle in May – against sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and the United States, deep geopolitical divides – and calls for reform of the WHO that could strengthen its mandate but also may be resisted by […] Continue reading -> US Presidential Election: Identity Politics Overwhelms COVID Pandemic As Voters Choose 04/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While President Donald Trump’s mismanagement of Covid-19 may help Democratic contender Joe Biden turn the final corner in a tight US election, identity politics and the economy have loomed as bigger factors than health in voter choices. Voters in key battleground states, like Michigan and Nevada, explain why. The United States election came just as […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Indian Government Steps Into Delhi Air Pollution Brouhaha – Too Late For This Year’s Emergency 27/10/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare After weeks of inaction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has signalled that it will create a comprehensive law to halt rice stubble burning in rural areas of northern India, where drifting smoke from thousands of fires is a major contributor to Delhi’s annual autumn air pollution emergencies. But experts remain skeptical, stating that there are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Health Organization’s Censorship Of Report On Italy’s Pandemic Response Sets Dangerous International Precedent – Critics Say 15/12/2020 Nicoletta Dentico & Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s suppression of an independent report that critically examined both the strengths and weaknesses of Italy’s COVID-19 pandemic response – sets a dangerous precedent that compromises the international organization’s credibility at a time when WHO’s independence has been questioned – and the Italian national pandemic response is under intense scrutiny as well, […] Continue reading -> World Health Assembly Opens Against Shadows of Pandemic Despair & Hopes Incoming US Administration May Resume Global Health Leadership Role 08/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Madeleine Hoecklin This year’s 73rd edition of the World Health Assembly resumes virtually on Monday, after a two-day emergency huddle in May – against sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and the United States, deep geopolitical divides – and calls for reform of the WHO that could strengthen its mandate but also may be resisted by […] Continue reading -> US Presidential Election: Identity Politics Overwhelms COVID Pandemic As Voters Choose 04/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While President Donald Trump’s mismanagement of Covid-19 may help Democratic contender Joe Biden turn the final corner in a tight US election, identity politics and the economy have loomed as bigger factors than health in voter choices. Voters in key battleground states, like Michigan and Nevada, explain why. The United States election came just as […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Indian Government Steps Into Delhi Air Pollution Brouhaha – Too Late For This Year’s Emergency 27/10/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare After weeks of inaction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has signalled that it will create a comprehensive law to halt rice stubble burning in rural areas of northern India, where drifting smoke from thousands of fires is a major contributor to Delhi’s annual autumn air pollution emergencies. But experts remain skeptical, stating that there are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Health Assembly Opens Against Shadows of Pandemic Despair & Hopes Incoming US Administration May Resume Global Health Leadership Role 08/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Madeleine Hoecklin This year’s 73rd edition of the World Health Assembly resumes virtually on Monday, after a two-day emergency huddle in May – against sharply rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and the United States, deep geopolitical divides – and calls for reform of the WHO that could strengthen its mandate but also may be resisted by […] Continue reading -> US Presidential Election: Identity Politics Overwhelms COVID Pandemic As Voters Choose 04/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While President Donald Trump’s mismanagement of Covid-19 may help Democratic contender Joe Biden turn the final corner in a tight US election, identity politics and the economy have loomed as bigger factors than health in voter choices. Voters in key battleground states, like Michigan and Nevada, explain why. The United States election came just as […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Indian Government Steps Into Delhi Air Pollution Brouhaha – Too Late For This Year’s Emergency 27/10/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare After weeks of inaction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has signalled that it will create a comprehensive law to halt rice stubble burning in rural areas of northern India, where drifting smoke from thousands of fires is a major contributor to Delhi’s annual autumn air pollution emergencies. But experts remain skeptical, stating that there are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
US Presidential Election: Identity Politics Overwhelms COVID Pandemic As Voters Choose 04/11/2020 Elaine Ruth Fletcher While President Donald Trump’s mismanagement of Covid-19 may help Democratic contender Joe Biden turn the final corner in a tight US election, identity politics and the economy have loomed as bigger factors than health in voter choices. Voters in key battleground states, like Michigan and Nevada, explain why. The United States election came just as […] Continue reading -> Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Indian Government Steps Into Delhi Air Pollution Brouhaha – Too Late For This Year’s Emergency 27/10/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare After weeks of inaction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has signalled that it will create a comprehensive law to halt rice stubble burning in rural areas of northern India, where drifting smoke from thousands of fires is a major contributor to Delhi’s annual autumn air pollution emergencies. But experts remain skeptical, stating that there are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Does Global Health Have A ‘Colonialism’ Problem? 03/11/2020 Paul Adepoju IBADAN, Nigeria – In the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020, the decentralized protests initially organized by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement triggered an awakening and an echo that has reached well beyond the borders of the United States. What started as a non-violent movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and […] Continue reading -> Indian Government Steps Into Delhi Air Pollution Brouhaha – Too Late For This Year’s Emergency 27/10/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare After weeks of inaction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has signalled that it will create a comprehensive law to halt rice stubble burning in rural areas of northern India, where drifting smoke from thousands of fires is a major contributor to Delhi’s annual autumn air pollution emergencies. But experts remain skeptical, stating that there are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Indian Government Steps Into Delhi Air Pollution Brouhaha – Too Late For This Year’s Emergency 27/10/2020 Jyoti Pande Lavakare After weeks of inaction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has signalled that it will create a comprehensive law to halt rice stubble burning in rural areas of northern India, where drifting smoke from thousands of fires is a major contributor to Delhi’s annual autumn air pollution emergencies. But experts remain skeptical, stating that there are […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts