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What is the Meat Industry?  It is what the name suggests , this industry is where the meat is packed while following a routine ; butchering , processing , packaging and apportion . The irony is , India has the largest number of vegetarians in the entire world , but our country also has the largest population of livestock , i.e , animals used for our own benefit . India is also the biggest producer of buffalo meat , second largest of goat meat , producer of almost 80 billion eggs annually , and producer of 6.3 million tonnes of meat. The Effect of The Meat Industry on our Environment :  In the process of producing meat , the release of a gas called ' methane ' , a greenhouse gas,  takes place which is 85 times more alarming than Carbon Dioxide . If one eats 680 grams of meat a week , it equals to 381 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions : which would be the same as charging 22,105 smartphones , consuming 19.4 litres of petroleum gas , and driving a car 692 ...

With the ongoing pandemic , it could result in Yemen , a country in the Middle East , to be wiped out from all the maps in the world . The nation has been war-struck for 5 years , starting from March 2015 , the Yemeni Civil War is a conflict between two coteries the Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi led  Yemeni Governmen t and the Houthi armed movement with a number of allies and supporters . From not having medical aid to a child dying every 10 minutes , the condition of the Arab country worsens everyday .  What is going on in Yemen?  As mentioned above , the war that is currently going on has contributed to the collapsing of the healthcare system. The country is now struggling with poverty and diseases. More than 24 million people need humanitarian aid to survive , out of which 50% are children. Humanitarian aid is help provided to save lives , lessen agony and to strengthen and have preparedness for such crisis. The future of the country , the children are being kil...

Haven't we all been busy in keeping to ourselves this lock-down? Sure , we are up to date with Corona related information , but do we really know what else is going on in this world? Here are 6 things you missed while quarantining yourself : 1. Swarm of locusts attack crops in India : Though locust surges are not ' once in a blue moon ' type of incident , yet this one is the worst India has seen in decades. Locusts are short-horned grasshoppers who have a big appetite and destroy almost every bit of leaves and crop in their way. They usually reproduce fast and travel in large groups. A swarm of 500,000 locusts eat as much as 2,500 people. As of May 29th , about 42,000 hectares of land was affected all over India. ( image courtesy : Forbes India ) 2. Second person announced cured of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): Adam Casitelljo who is 40 years old was diagnosed with HIV in 2003 and started undergoing treatment in 2012. He was treated with a bone marrow...

The first known case of the Novel Corona-virus was reported back in November 2019 . The epicenter of this global pandemic is in Wuhan , China . As of 2nd May 2020 , there are over 3,401,351 cases worldwide with close to 240,000 deaths. The corona virus can also remain in air in humid places which is why social distancing is important . SARS-CoV-2   Most lock-downs in the world began before the end of March. Ever since , life has been contained inside four walls and repetitive schedule. Though this gives a lot of families a chance to rekindle their bond , this has also affected financial stability. A lot of daily wage workers have lost their way of life and are robbed off their income . Even if most governments have provided financial support , this virus has definitely changed our lives forever   People having   lavish houses and luxurious cars but no one to invite them into , nowhere to drive them to . All the niceties seem so small now . At the end...

If you haven't been living under a rock , you'd know that the Corona Virus has taken the world by shock . Here are a few things that you might've not heard of during these  crucial days : The United States and Iran are on the verge of war: You heard it right , after the assassination of Qasem Soleimani , there has been tension in the two countries since then. On 11th March 2020 , the birthday of the late Irani General ,  a series of rocket attacks took place at Camp Taji , which is situated at the north of Baghdad , where the combined joint force of US and Iraq is hosted. In this incident , 2 American soldiers and 1 British soldier was killed , whereas 14 other soldiers were injured.  Another plague in our hands : A wave of locusts hit  ' The Horn Of Africa ' [ East Africa ] about 2 months ago , which caused destruction to food security and livelihood . This second wave is expected to be 20 times worse than the first wave considering the young-adul...