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Smoking is injurious for oceans
Posted on 25 Oct, 2016 07:04 PMSenthil takes a long puff of the cigarette before flicking it on the road nonchalantly. “I started smoking on the sly when I was in school,” he reminisces. “Sixty years later, I still do the same, only more smokes per day.”
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Doing good, well
Posted on 25 Oct, 2016 03:10 PMGazala Paul spent her 50th birthday among the Baiga people of Chhattisgarh. On the eve of her 25th wedding anniversary, she was in Rapar, a block near the Little Rann of Kutch, in a celebratory mood. The MLA of the region had come to a meeting organised with villagers from his constituency and promised to deliver them safe water based on sound scientific principles.
![Gazala Paul, founder of Samerth with a Baiga tribal woman - at Machamoha village, Mungeli district](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00887.jpg?itok=wNpFxpp6)
When neighbours fight for water
Posted on 25 Oct, 2016 02:12 PMWith recent reports of China blocking a tributary of the Brahmaputra in Tibet to construct its most expensive hydro project, the Assam government has been worried.
![The river Brahmaputra (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/the_brahmaputra_river_0.jpg?itok=_rAQfkOw)
This year witnesses record agricultural output
Posted on 24 Oct, 2016 07:17 AMNormal monsoon leads to record agricultural output this year
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Funds sanctioned for irrigation projects
Posted on 24 Oct, 2016 07:00 AMNABARD sanctions loan to NWDA for irrigation projects
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Keeping beach body in shape
Posted on 21 Oct, 2016 08:36 PMLife without sandy beaches is hard to imagine for artisanal fishermen. Beaches serve as boat-landing sites, net-repair yards, as spots to sort and dry fish, all at once. Increased erosion and the resultant loss of beaches essentially means loss of traditional livelihoods, all across the country’s densely-populated coast.
![Seawall lines Pondicherry's Promenade beach. (Image courtesy: Lalit Verma for India’s disappearing beaches - A wake up call)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pondycoast1.jpg?itok=Tu7d388Z)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – Wetlands
Posted on 21 Oct, 2016 06:27 AMThis is a simple guide that lists out the most popular questions related to wetlands, to understand what they are and their importance a little better. Please click on a topic for detailed information
![Maguri Beel, a wetland area in the Tinsukia district of Upper Assam.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8674758978_580f42e4be_z.jpg?itok=TTRVhODa)
Save rivers with traditional knowledge
Posted on 19 Oct, 2016 10:53 PMThe Emerging River Professional Award is an initiative of the International RiverFoundation. The award recognises and fosters early career professionals who have demonstrated innovation, excellence and leadership in the areas of rivers, basins or river-dependent communities. The winner receives a cash prize of AU$5,000.
![Tero Mustonen receives the 2016 Emerging River Professional Award. (Image source: International RiverFoundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/423a6260.jpg?itok=TTyDe-O0)
Centre drafts National Water Framework Bill 2016
Posted on 17 Oct, 2016 09:19 AMBill to manage river basins out
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Selling packaged water above MRP punishable offence
Posted on 17 Oct, 2016 09:02 AMJail term for selling packaged water above MRP: Government
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