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Advisory on how to prevent Covid-19
Posted on 02 Apr, 2020 06:50 PMCOVID-19 (novel coronavirus disease), an acute respiratory disease emerged in late 2019 and has been spreading rapidly across the globe. The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a pandemic. It is marked by respiratory problems that are usually mild (coughing, fever) but can be severe (pneumonia, trouble breathing).
![The fear is that Covid-19 would almost certainly spread within communities in India, just as it had started to do in Italy, South Korea, and Iran. (Image: Trinity Care Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/covid-faq1.jpg?itok=41VB9Eag)
Frequently asked questions (FAQs) on Jal Jeevan Mission
Posted on 31 Mar, 2020 03:12 PM![Women benefit the most, when potable water reaches straight to their homes (Image: Shree Padre via IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2384944460_82d7f1902a_c.jpg?itok=Hw45UH48)
Enabling a transition to responsive forest governance
Posted on 31 Mar, 2020 02:08 PMThe Forest Rights Act or FRA was enacted in 2006, following collective pressure from a massive social movement to correct the historical injustices imposed since the colonial takeover of India's forests.
![The state needs to be highly responsive to the needs of communities during the post-rights recognition phase (Image: Gramvaani)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tribals.jpg?itok=G8mKeeTs)
Democratization of data through use of GIS technology
Posted on 26 Mar, 2020 11:55 AMDevelopments in geographical information systems (GIS) in India, both in policy and law, have thus far empowered to a greater extent government and business at national and regional level. The real challenge in this sector is to extend this technology to local communities for self-governance and to enable them to participate on an equal footing in regional and national development.
![A view of a village in Almora district of Uttarakhand (Image: Raja Harjai, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/almora-village.jpg?itok=3-hqvYFO)
Vulnerability in the times of Corona
Posted on 25 Mar, 2020 10:54 AMDisasters have the ability to disrupt everyday life. However, it is not often that we probe about what constitutes a disaster? How do we define it? Well, a disaster varies in definition for different agencies.
![Image: Muffinn, Flickr Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/covid-radio.jpg?itok=tEP1gV9X)
A national action plan to ensure sustainable and responsible business on the anvil
Posted on 23 Mar, 2020 12:19 PMCentre to finalise National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights
![An industrial area in Chhattisgarh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23242374375_229a4cd22e_c.jpg?itok=YAsKvrqZ)
Virtual water and water footprint
Posted on 22 Mar, 2020 10:32 PMClimate change and water scarcity in India
![Food wastage also implies wastage of water (Image Source: WOTR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/virtual_water.jpg?itok=SQAqV0In)
Water, the first line of defence against climate change
Posted on 22 Mar, 2020 09:50 AMWater insufficiency is a challenging problem globally with 1 in 10 people lacking a basic water pump or covered well close to home.
![Shantilata uses a cloth to filter out the high iron content in the salty water, filled from a hand pump, in the village Sitapur on the outskirts of Bhadrak, Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha (Image: WaterAid/ Anindito Mukherjee)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wateraid_anindito_mukherjee_600_px.jpg?itok=mpEmficC)
Remembering Mahad Satyagraha: Untouchability and water
Posted on 21 Mar, 2020 10:28 PMThe worst and most inhumane form of discrimination and untouchability is seen when it comes to water. Even today, many villages have a different source of water allotted for Dalits. Many a times, upper caste men and women forbid Dalit women from touching the public source of water fearing the source will be “polluted".
![Can the simple act of drinking water be revolutionary? (Illustration by Chetan Toliya)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mahad_satyagraha_0.jpg?itok=zuURwtZ2)
Clean water, a crucial weapon to combat COVID -19
Posted on 21 Mar, 2020 04:32 PMThis month has been seeing a different kind of a scare world over, that of the deadly corona virus pandemic that has been spreading rapidly, infecting people and leading to a rising number of deaths in numerous countries.
![Is our tap water really safe? (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cmi_0.jpg?itok=1JwzzJ8n)