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Government notifies ban on single-use plastics from July 2022
Posted on 24 Aug, 2021 12:04 AMNo more single-use plastics from July 1, 2022
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Study indicates no uranium in Kerala’s drinking water
Posted on 21 Aug, 2021 11:42 AMThe serious health effects connected with the presence of uranium, a naturally occurring radioactive element in drinking water sources from different parts of the world and more recently in some parts of India (
![Drinking water sources can be contaminated with uranium to an extent by certain anthropogenic activities (Image: Pxfuel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/source-water-crystalline-natural-fresh-transparent.jpg?itok=rUh8irx-)
Mobilising communities against encroachment of water bodies
Posted on 20 Aug, 2021 07:25 PMTapas Das, a river and wat
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Proactive action on green cooling to deal with the climate crisis
Posted on 20 Aug, 2021 10:58 AMIndia’s approval on ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on
![Edited NASA PR image showing the ozone hole for 2014 over the south pole. Red is bad, blue is good, e.g., red means not as much ozone as blue. (Image: Stuart Rankin; CC BY-NC 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/ozone%20hole.jpg?itok=sDwHycQI)
Equipping communities to plan land and water conservation initiatives
Posted on 19 Aug, 2021 11:21 PMLess than an hour from the district headquarter of Bhilwara, women in village Bavdi in Jahazpur block had to walk for several miles in the scorching heat
Urban inequalities and heat risks in Delhi
Posted on 18 Aug, 2021 02:58 PMThe sixth assessment report by the United Nation's Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change released this week has issued dire warnings that have major implications for India.
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Barriers to organic farming: Experience of Kansari Organics
Posted on 15 Aug, 2021 09:15 PMAgriculture in India directly or indirectly provides livelihoods to 60% of the population and so the problems of this sector are most relevant for the country’s overall development and have to be effectively addressed.
![A farmer harvests the season's cauliflower crop near Kullu town, Himachal Pradesh (Image: Neil Palmer, CIAT; Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/farming.jpg?itok=Ug8j5SDI)
Nainital’s water woes: Every drop of rain counts
Posted on 15 Aug, 2021 04:16 PMNainital, the jewel of Uttarakhand’s Kumaun region is one of the most popular tourist destinations in northern India.
![Naini lake, a natural freshwater body, quenches the thirst of the town (Image: Sanjay Bora)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/nainita-leadl.jpg?itok=4xzThqL2)
How kitchen gardens pick up pace in a rural MP village
Posted on 15 Aug, 2021 08:08 AMIn June 2021, UNDP felicitated 41 Women Water Champions for their rema
![Sagni Bai works on promoting kitchen gardens and water conservation which are doing wonders in this remote MP village (Image: FES)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/sagni-lead.jpg?itok=c8ANlAdQ)
Best practices in IEC-HRD to engage rural communities based on JJM - Karnataka experience
Posted on 11 Aug, 2021 02:02 PMWhat does IEC-HRD mean for large-scale programs such as Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)?
![At the district level, Karnataka has engaged Implementation Support Agencies (ISA) who are involved in IEC](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/lead1_0.jpg?itok=HNHOtBE2)