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Online event on World Wetland Day by Wetlands International South Asia
Posted on 18 Jan, 2021 03:22 PM![WWD 2021 Flyer](/sites/default/files/inline-images/0001_0.jpg)
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India faced with the onslaught of rising temperature
Posted on 18 Jan, 2021 11:14 AMOn January 4, 2021, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) released a report titled
![2020 was one of the warmest years in India despite La Nina which typically has a cooling effect on global temperatures.(Image: Tumisu, Pixabay)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/tumisu.jpg?itok=1jbZ7CJA)
75% districts and half of India’s population vulnerable to extreme climate events: CEEW study
Posted on 17 Jan, 2021 06:08 PMOver 75% of Indian districts, which are home to over 638 million people, are hotspots of extreme climate events such as cyclones, floods, droughts, heat, and cold waves, according to a first-of-its-kind independent study released by the Council on Energy, Environme
![India is already the fifth most vulnerable country globally in terms of extreme climate events and it is all set to become the world’s flood capital (Image: Geralt, Pixabay license)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/geralt-pixabay.jpg?itok=zVn73bO7)
2020: Crammed in disasters, yet filled with hope
Posted on 17 Jan, 2021 04:30 PMThe year 2020 came with numerous disasters, not just COVID-19, a pandemic that brought the planet to a standstill, but many other natural calamities. During the year, the country suffered from cyclones, extreme rainfall, floods and locust attacks.
![All was not negative for 2020 in the water sector as many states and districts gained credit for themselves (Image Source: IWP Flickr Album)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/2295713140_38059b8ec1_c.jpg?itok=m7MF2hCh)
The invisible face of agriculture
Posted on 16 Jan, 2021 11:14 AM“Female labour participation has been declining across India from 1990 to 2019. It has declined from 31% to 25% from 2005 to 2010 and further to 20% in 2019. This has contributed to employment loss for women. A shift in economic activity has been observed as more women were engaged in the manufacturing and service sectors.
![Though women are involved in economic activities of the cropping system but their role is negligible in household decision making and participation (Image: PxHere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/cornfield-woman-farmer.jpg?itok=K8hH0XP0)
Child malnutrition rises in five years, as per NFHS-5 data
Posted on 13 Jan, 2021 10:08 AMGovernment of India has recently released the data of the first round of National Family Health Survey-5, 2019-20.
![Children born between 2014 and 2019 are more malnourished than those before. (Image: PxHere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/children_1.jpg?itok=6iSihkcF)
Everything you want to know about drinking water
Posted on 09 Jan, 2021 01:49 PMWhy is drinking water important?
![Safe drinking water, avaluable resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/Water%201%20%282%29.jpg?itok=nmERKjYF)
Hands-on training on mobile-based data collection, analysis and visualisation for civil society
Posted on 08 Jan, 2021 01:01 PMThe need for this training
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The challenge of building a technology team in non-profit organisations
Posted on 07 Jan, 2021 07:45 PMThe usage of software and technology in non-profits is increasing.
![Technology's role in the non-profit sector is increasing and there is a need to help the nonprofit community think creatively about technology. (Image: PxHere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/achievement-agreement-arms-bump-business-cheer-up-1433619-pxhere.com_.jpg?itok=FJ7Rc9KT)
Should we bet more on historians than engineers to sort flooding?
Posted on 04 Jan, 2021 12:00 AMRaging floods swarming great expanses have been a common occurrence in the 21st century in South Asia.
![Need to consider the perspective of the historians who see floods as a naturally occurring event. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/Flood_in_odisha_india.jpg?itok=NdrjVafc)