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Splash is looking for a WASH Infrastructure Specialist in Kolkata
Posted on 18 May, 2019 08:02 AMAbout the organisation
Job Position: Officer - Operations at Arghyam
Posted on 17 May, 2019 11:09 AMAbout Arghyam and ForWater Platform
Job Position: Officer - Advocacy at Arghyam
Posted on 17 May, 2019 11:07 AMAbout Arghyam and ForWater Platform
Cyclone Fani ravages Odisha's ecological hotspots
Posted on 15 May, 2019 06:12 PMOdisha's ecological hotspots severely affected by cyclone
![After a cyclonic storm (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/31271823450_83ef86ea47_z_0.jpg?itok=sk56-vBG)
Groundwater depletion: NGT raps green ministry on inaction
Posted on 15 May, 2019 11:40 AMNGT raps green ministry for failing to curb depletion of groundwater
![Groundwater depletion adds to water woes. (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/groundwater_well_new_0_0.jpg?itok=YFuzKxkg)
What happens when you throw away pencil cells?
Posted on 14 May, 2019 05:33 PMA recent study by Toxics Link, an environmental research and advocacy organisation on batteries titled Dead and buried: A situational analysis of battery waste management in India estimates that 2.7 billion pieces of dry cell batteries are being consumed annually in India.
![The evolving framework of end-of-life battery management could be inclusive of the informal chain of collectors and segregators. (Image: Toxics Link)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/battery.jpg?itok=VBAqoo1w)
Only 37 percent of world’s long rivers free flowing
Posted on 14 May, 2019 05:02 PMA little over a third of the world's 246 long rivers remain free-flowing, as per a study by a team of 34 international researchers, including those from McGill University in Canada and World Wildlife Fund India.
![Pancheshwar dam on Mahakali river is feared to break the natural flow connectivity of river. (Image: Vimal Bhai)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_7.jpg?itok=JouaRezl)
Evacuation measures during cyclones in Odisha
Posted on 10 May, 2019 02:55 PMLife is getting back to normal after an ‘extremely severe’ cyclonic storm Fani hit India’s eastern coastline. It ripped through several districts of Odisha and West Bengal and brought in torrential rains and winds of up to 200 km/hr.
![The trail of destruction after cyclone Phailin in Odisha on October 15, 2013 (Image: EU/ECHO, Samuel Marie Fanon; Flickr Commons, CC BY-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cyclone_phailin-eu-echo-samuel_marie_fanon.jpg?itok=wAaGI-CL)
Call For Entries: 7th Woodpecker International Film Festival 2019
Posted on 08 May, 2019 09:24 PMCall For Entries - 2019
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What women want
Posted on 08 May, 2019 04:02 PMAs the world’s largest democracy is all geared for its biggest test - for voters to select their Members of Parliament and the Prime Minister, the top issues that dominate the electoral agenda at the national level have been increased jobs opportunities, controlling inflation, and reducing farmers’ distress.
![Image credit: WaterAid/Prashanth Vishwanathan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pv_wateraid_2019_day_2-7566.jpg?itok=mIGaNbLQ)