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Ecology and Environment
Call for Entries for the green film competition 'Films for Change', Television Trust for the Environment and Microsoft
Posted on 28 Nov, 2014 03:09 PMThe competition serves as a tool spread awareness on environmental issues on a large scale. By using film making, you are encouraged to highlight those issues that greatly affect the environment and climate change in your society. There are these three main themes around which you may make your films:
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TSR Subramanian Committee equally weighs development and the environment
Posted on 25 Nov, 2014 11:36 AMTSR Subramanian Committee submits report on environmental laws to the Environment Ministry
![Mangpong forest in West Bengal](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3203995439_09aeeb8ee0_z.jpg?itok=w5iNYse7)
Poisonous encounters in Maharashtra
Posted on 23 Nov, 2014 03:32 PMA decade ago, Jamwadi village in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, was a famous tourist attraction due to its beautiful lake. Now, there is no lake to speak of thanks to the Raymond factory in Yavatmal. Wastewaster from the factory flows untreated into the lake, which is located 15 kms away.
![Contaminated water from the Raymond factory](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15230540627_18b0e3b27c_z2.jpg?itok=FnhvchWH)
Poachers turned protectors fight for their survival
Posted on 23 Nov, 2014 01:46 PMNature and wildlife can be better conserved if local communities are duly educated and motivated. Nearly 70 km south of Bhubaneswar, the Mangalajodi village on the edge of Chilka lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon, is a testimony to that argument.
![Chilka lake, Odisha](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0323tps.jpg?itok=PNC_umMr)
Environmental clearance to Cuddalore thermal plant quashed
Posted on 18 Nov, 2014 01:41 PMNGT turns down clearance to Cuddalore thermal plant because of threat to mangroves
![A thermal power plant in Korba](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9370453956_17dc80bf5b_z.jpg?itok=rqu6gC00)
Gujarat's data on toilets and drinking water facilities in schools unreliable: CAG
Posted on 17 Nov, 2014 09:51 PMGujarat's data on toilets and drinking water facilities in schools need investigation: CAG
![Girls toilet in a school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3220926516_ce0b74d47e_o_0.jpg?itok=FZ-zoV1r)
White, Green and now a ‘Blue Revolution’!
Posted on 10 Nov, 2014 10:35 PMIndia plans to launch the 'Blue Revolution' to boost fish production
![Traditional fisheries in India](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/fisherfolk_a.jpg?itok=rOFDyq1_)
Gender inclusive development in mountains
Posted on 04 Nov, 2014 03:00 PMThis introduction to the special issue on "Gender and sustainable development in the mountains- Transformative innovations, tenacious resistances" by Ritu Verma et al published in the journal Mountain Research and Development, highlights the poor situation of women as well as gender discrim
![Mountain women in Uttarakhand](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/womenin_mountains.jpg?itok=VXUJx9su)
SC rebukes Central and State Pollution Control Boards over Ganga pollution
Posted on 04 Nov, 2014 11:40 AMPollution Control Board is a story of complete failure, frustration and disaster: SC
![River Ganges at Sangam in Allahabad](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2934020083_c28c745673_b.jpg?itok=JgmZBfNm)
Assam Government issued notice over dumping of waste in Deepor Beel
Posted on 28 Oct, 2014 03:09 PMNGT takes notice of waste dumping in Assam's Deepor Beel
![Dumping ground on the banks of Deepor Beel](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/13225001263_8fe96c17b7_z.jpg?itok=wGF87ze3)