India is the world’s seventh largest country by area, covering 3.2 million square kilometers. Add another half a million square km, and that’s how much of our planet burned in the 2024-25 fire season. According to the new State of Wildfires report, these fires impacted 100 million people around the world and put around $US215 billion worth of homes and infrastructure at risk. Climate change is fueling more intense and frequent fires. We must urgently slash coal, oil and gas pollution to stop the

8.4K views · 102 reactions | India's economy contracted by 23.9% in the April-June quarter. The country's GDP is now estimated to contract 10.9% in financial year 2020-21, SBI said in a report released on Thursday. In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Rajnish Kumar, Chairperson, SBI says," GDP numbers are not deeply worrying; these are estimates based on how the economy will perform in coming quarters." | NDTV | Facebook

6.1K views · 33 reactions | India’s GDP or the country’s national income has fallen sharply in the first quarter of 2020-21 Covid-19 and the lockdown meant there was practically very little economic activity during this period. But all is not lost and the worst may be behind us. Most sectors have started registering comparative growth over the past few months. The recovery may be slow but is expected to remain steady. | The Times of India | Facebook