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Job Position: Officer - Advocacy at Arghyam
Posted on 17 May, 2019 11:07 AM

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Cyclone Fani ravages Odisha's ecological hotspots
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 15 May, 2019 06:12 PM

Odisha's ecological hotspots severely affected by cyclone
After a cyclonic storm (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
Groundwater depletion: NGT raps green ministry on inaction
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 15 May, 2019 11:40 AM

NGT raps green ministry for failing to curb depletion of groundwater
Groundwater depletion adds to water woes. (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
What happens when you throw away pencil cells?
Study reveals how tossing of dry cell batteries in our dustbins poisons the environment.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 14 May, 2019 05:33 PM

A 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)
Only 37 percent of world’s long rivers free flowing
A study finds out dams and reservoirs diminish diverse benefits offered by healthy rivers.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 14 May, 2019 05:02 PM

A 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)
Evacuation measures during cyclones in Odisha
Study indicates need for institutional capacity-building programmes in order to have high compliance with evacuation orders during cyclones.
Saudamini Das
Posted on 10 May, 2019 02:55 PM

Life 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)
Call For Entries: 7th Woodpecker International Film Festival 2019
Woodpecker International Film Festival (WIFF) is back with its 7th annual edition to be organised in November 2019 in New Delhi.
Posted on 08 May, 2019 09:24 PM

Call For Entries - 2019
What women want
As India votes this month in the Lok Sabha Elections, WaterAid India takes a look at how water and sanitation are still top of mind for many female voters across the country.
Nirma Bora
Posted on 08 May, 2019 04:02 PM

As 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
Coping with droughts: Gender matters
A study finds women are hit the hardest during droughts due to food and water scarcity, loss of income and a range of health problems resulting from it.
Basanta Sahu
Posted on 08 May, 2019 12:38 PM

Droughts are one of the most feared natural calamities impacting agriculture and food production as well as the morale of millions of farmers in India. Recent studies show that the frequency of droughts is increasing.
Women are burdened with household tasks such as collecting water. (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Namami Gange: Only 10 out of 100 sewage projects done
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 07 May, 2019 03:49 PM

Under Namami Gange mission, only 10 out of 100 new sewage projects completed
Polythene bags and solid waste left behind as water recedes in the Ganga river. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
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