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North-East India, home to the wettest place on the planet (Mawsynram), is a major biodiversity hotspot.

On January 7, 2023 Joshimath city in Uttarakhand was declared a land subsidence zone. About 60 families have been moved to temporary relief centers from their houses that have become unlivable. Another 90 families are yet to be shifted to safer places. Joshimath city has a total of 4500 buildings out of which 610 have suffered major cracks.

Traditional mixed farming systems are transitioning towards intensive farming systems in India, which are based on high use of land and water with a focus on speci

According to the Global Water Quality Index, India ranks 120th out of 122 countries in water quality, its ability and commitment to improving it.

Healing traditions in India have withstood the test of time. Not many of us need to be taught to mix a pinch of haldi in a glass of milk to cope with sore throat, now famously known as turmeric latte, or to add a pinch of dry ginger to our tea when we catch a cold.

As temperatures rise across India, so will the demand for cooling. Severe heat waves, responsible for thousands of deaths across India over the last few decades, are increasing with alarming frequency.

Microplastic contamination has appeared as pollution of global concern in the aquatic as well as the terrestrial environment. In India, very few studies are available on microplastic load in freshwater ecosystems, despite the fact that rivers play a major role in transporting microplastics into the marine ecosystem. 

Policymakers in developing countries have long emphasised improvements in agricultural productivity as a central strategy for promoting rural development.

Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) is an aspirational programme aiming to provide functional tap water connections to every household in rural India, ensuring access to adequate safe water.

Climate change has become a major threat to agriculture and rural livelihoods and can lead to rural poverty and migration and cause overexploitation of natural resources such as water, land and forests informs this study titled 'Is crop diversification vulnerable to climate, agricultural and socio-economic facto