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Is your child’s shit affecting your health?
Posted on 27 Jul, 2017 02:21 PMIt was September 2008. It took me almost two-and-a-half hours to reach G-plot, one of the remotest islands among the deltoid labyrinth of Sundarbans. My colleague, a native of G-plot, was waiting to receive me at the jetty.
Accessing clean water easily
Posted on 26 Jul, 2017 12:20 PMThe United Nations, in its sustainable development goals (SDGs), has earmarked 2030 as the year by which universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all is to be achieved.
Maharashtra mandates drip irrigation for sugarcane
Posted on 25 Jul, 2017 04:32 PMMaharashtra cabinet decides on drip irrigation for sugarcane cultivation
Only a few large dams have disaster plans: CAG report
Posted on 25 Jul, 2017 04:07 PMOut of 4,862 large dams in the country, only 349 have disaster plans in place: CAG report
What ails Indian farmers
Posted on 24 Jul, 2017 08:03 PMOver the last few months, we saw protests by distressed farmers of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and other states over farming crisis and farmer suicides.
Wild species get extinct in Keoladeo
Posted on 20 Jul, 2017 08:23 PMOver a span of five decades, eight mammal species have become locally extinct in Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur, a study has revealed.
The Little Rann of Kutch
Posted on 19 Jul, 2017 03:13 PMHow often does one get to experience a terrain that is as dramatically transformative as The Little Rann of Kutch? With changing seasons, it adorns itself with different landscapes, thus, completely shifting shape, its functions and appeal.
SC strict over wetland preservation
Posted on 18 Jul, 2017 01:02 PMSupreme Court pulls Centre over preservation of wetlands
Asia is at high risk of flooding: Report
Posted on 18 Jul, 2017 12:25 PMAsia has the highest number of people exposed to flooding: Report
Renuka raises crucial questions
Posted on 18 Jul, 2017 05:48 AMWhen I meet Puran Chand, an activist in the forefront of the anti-Renuka dam struggle, he dictates from the two much-thumbed pages of his notebook the several objections he has against the government’s plan for the rehabilitation of people displaced by the Renuka dam.