India has an opportunity tor e-imagine science funding via a @nature editorial

New research shows that invasive species taking over urban areas resulted in a total cost of USD 326.7 billion, at the very least, in the past five & half decades.

Most of these costs were attributed to damage by insects & impacted mostly public & social welfare. TV Padma

#Tuberculosis

'Eradication of TB remains a distant Goal as Systemic challenges persist'

:An Insightful article by Ms T. V. Padma
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TB in #India ,stats, programs, #nutrition support,PM TB mukt abhiyan, #Nikshay ,issues &
More info..

#treatment #Diagnosis #Malnutrition

🔍 Principal Scientific Adviser Ajay Sood says increased private investments in science are essential.

Read more: 👇🏻
go.nature.com/48HdO8W

✍🏻 QnA by TV Padma

#NatureIndia

Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of India

Wrapping up the SJAI Conference 2023 with insights on public health reporting! TV Padma led a dynamic public health panel— Mahima Jain Dr.Jaya Shreedhar Dr Kavita Singh Banjot Kaur covered data access to gender reporting. Puja Bhattacharjee (She/Her) broadened health journalists' horizons.

Scientists have found various forms of microplastics in surface water samples from the Kota mangrove in Karnataka. Microplastic fibres were the most abundant, followed by films, fragments and foam.

Story by TV Padma.
Anish Warrier, Ph D Manipal Academy of Higher Education india.mongabay.com/2024/02/microp…

To all science/health reporters on my timeline, please help with info to create a resource for reporting on health emergencies by completing this by 24 February:  forms.gle/wKSA2pWskf3tdJ… and please share with colleagues, esp in Asia

A new study that experimentally induced early snow-melting in eight alpine plants in Rohtang, found that future climate change could alter the functional composition of plants, thereby threatening their survival. Story by TV Padma.
india.mongabay.com/2024/01/alpine…

The 2% problem and more | For The Hindu Science.

Why numerical metrics are flawed, with examples from real-world science.

Full PDF.👇🏾

Huge loss to global south's fight for climate justice. RIP.

We are thrilled to announce that Mongabay has won the prestigious fifth annual Biophilia Award for Environmental Communication. 🥳🥳🥳

With two vaccines available, malaria could now be eliminated — but will the world pull together to make it happen? Editorial in nature
nature.com/articles/d4158…

On #MahatmaGandhi Jayanti, this iconic photograph of Gandhiji looking at Mycobacteria through a microscope, in Sewagram, reminds me that we have made progress but not eliminated TB or leprosy. ICMR The Union Stop TB Partnership S-ILF TB Alliance Ministry of Health

M. S. Swaminathan -- agricultural scientist, humanitarian & the main architect of the green revolution passed away today at the age of 98.

'If agriculture goes wrong, nothing else will have a chance to go right,' he once said

And the influence of his work spanned the globe 🧵

Outbreaks of the deadly Nipah virus are becoming more common and potentially more dangerous. Here’s what you need to know about this relatively new virus: bit.ly/3Lrvw7G