Canada, a country that’s relying heavily on immigration as an economic driver, is scaling back on its ambitions with a planned reduction in temporary residents after the influx exacerbated housing shortages. The country will set a target for temporary resident arrivals for the first time later this year, with the goal of reducing the number … Read more
MUMBAI: The overall incidence rate of cancer in India has not surged as rapidly as in the West over the past two decades, but the absolute number of new cases is on the rise annually due to population growth and better diagnoses. While 1.4 million (14 lakh) new cancer cases are detected each year currently, … Read more
How did the fossil-fuel era begin? With Europeans heating their houses in winter. The Industrial Revolution would likely never have started if medieval Britain hadn’t turned to coal swept from the beaches of Northumbria to replace firewood from its dwindling forests. One of the world’s first air pollution laws was a 1306 proclamation prohibiting the … Read more