Scientists
A scientist is a person who conducts scientific research to advance knowledge in an area of interest.In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, philosophers engaged in the philosophical study of nature called natural philosophy, a precursor of natural science. It was not until the 19th century that the term scientist came into regular use after it was coined by the theologian, philosopher, and historian of science William Whewell in 1833.In modern times, many scientists have advanced degrees in an area of science and pursue careers in various sectors of the economy such as …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 26 March 2024 English
The India Employment Report 2024 was published by the Institute for Human Development (IHD) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) on March 26, 2024. It is the third …
more rapidly than was forecasted by climate scientists only a decade ago (Stern 2015). It is critical …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English
IQAir, a Switzerland-based company working on air quality technology, released this report on March 19, 2024. It gives an overview of population weighted air quality data for the year 2023 …
organizations, private companies, and citizen scientists. PM2.5 data is reported in units of micrograms … organizations, private companies, and citizen scientists. The 2022 World Air Quality Report included data … experiencing emergency-level air quality days.58 Indian scientists have turned to cloud seeding as a possible solution … dedicated air quality professionals and citizen scientists in Ukraine have maintained and expanded air …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English
Kisan Mazdoor Commission (KMC), an initiative by the Nation for Farmers, is a collaboration of activists and organisations focussing on current challenges faced by primary producers, artisans and rural workers …
2023. Follow up meetings would be held with scientists and researchers associated with various concerned … to mobilize the support of the Indian people, scientists and state governments for much needed legislative …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 March 2024 English
The working paper highlights how inequality in India declined in the period after independence until the 1980s, after which it started rising again. The paper compares the wealth and income …
this decision, 108 eminent economists and social scientists made a public appeal to the government to “. …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 February 2024 English
This paper was published in the open-access scientific journal Heliyon, on February 18, 2024. It was written by Khaiwal Ravindra from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh; …
westernmost province due to an extreme heatwave and scientists warn of the dreadful toll from “heat dome” in …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 November 2023 English
was published in advance of the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28). Around 79 scientists from 22 different nations and 47 specialised institutions worked together to prepare the report …
team of leading experts. This year, 79 leading scientists from 47 expert institutions across 22 countries …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 26 October 2023 English
This case study on the analysis of heat stress in Delhi was written by Avikal Somvanshi and Sharanjeet Kaur. It was published by the Centre for Science and Environment, a …
in the Lancet Planetary Health by a group of scientists from China, South Korea, Japan, Germany and …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 7 September 2023 English
This report, published by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, provides an overview of the Indian government’s policies to combat the problem of single-use plastics (SUPs) and …
The expert committee comprised policymakers, scientists, academicians and researchers in the field of …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 8 August 2023 English
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released this 92-page Climate Dictionary on August 8, 2023. It provides simple and concise definitions for 40 climate-related terms frequently in use.Subtitled ‘Speak climate …
countries being disproportionately affected. Scientists expect that an increase beyond 1.5°C would begin … systems become severe and irreversible. Currently, scientists are aware of some serious feedback loops that …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 August 2023 English
The State of India’s Birds (SoIB) is a periodic, national-level examination of the distribution range and abundance trends of Indian birds that aids in formulating conservation plans. The SoIB last …
forest departments, researchers, and citizen scientists. The National Water Policy recognises that the … populations using data contributed by citizen scientists and enthusiasts at the scale of the entire country …