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New crop insurance scheme for Pudukottai, TN
Posted on 10 Feb, 2014 07:06 PMPudukottai gets crop insurance scheme to mitigate nature's fury
![Villagers planting paddy crops (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/agriculture_1.jpg?itok=v-LwElwD)
Painting Mumbai blue!
Posted on 02 Feb, 2014 10:12 PMAabid Surti who lives in Mira Road, a Mumbai suburb, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from Hindi Sahitya Sanstha by the Uttar Pradesh Government in 2007. He has multiple creative talents. He is a painter, cartoonist, author, playwright and water warrior.
Water warrior?!
![Drop Dead Foundation Volunteers](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wp_20131222_020.jpg?itok=zDFAPRIU)
Rurals move away from agriculture: Assocham
Posted on 02 Feb, 2014 10:08 PM'Rural job profile observes a significant change'
![Decline in agriculture (Source: Neil Palmer, CIAT)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/agriculture_2.jpg?itok=tWCtzlzi)
Authority bans sale of packaged drinking water without BIS mark
Posted on 02 Feb, 2014 10:07 PMNo sale of packaged drinking water without BIS mark: FSSAI
![Packaged drinking water (Source: Ricardo Bernando)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/packaged_drinking.jpg?itok=SGwZ2XWM)
Power corridors for each river basin in Himachal
Posted on 29 Jan, 2014 12:28 PMPlans to create power corridors for each river basin on its way
![Hydropower transmission (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/power_transmission_1.jpg?itok=zdR5zUPt)
Ministry eases green norms for coal mine expansion
Posted on 21 Jan, 2014 03:31 PMGreen norms eased for expanding coal mines
![An open cast mine (Source: Garavi Gujarat)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/an_open_cast_coal_mine.jpg?itok=qgmaNkmS)
Coca Cola plant in UP lowers groundwater level
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 08:41 PMCoca Cola plant in Mehdiganj lowers groundwater level
![Mehdiganj protest (Source: AID Kolkata Newsletter)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/page1_mehdiganjprotest.jpg?itok=98gcR0O7)
Bihar villagers against asbestos plant
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 08:40 PM10,000 Bihar villagers file petition against asbestos plant
![Asbestos inflammation (Source: Adam Cohn, Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/asbestos.jpg?itok=a_qW1nQg)
Batting for the environment
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 04:46 PMBy his own account, Jaideep Hardikar, is simply a chronicler of the times around him. His foray into writing and reporting was neither easy nor his first choice. Like many children of his time, he dreamt of being a cricketer but stumbled into journalism and in it, found his true calling.
![Jaideep Hardikar, 2013 Prem Bhatia Award recipient](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/jaideep_1.jpg?itok=AH-wr115)