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Ecology and Environment
The Himalayan states - are they India's crown jewels or distant cousins?
Posted on 04 Jul, 2013 10:25 AMLeft, right, up, down...bump, bump, bump! That was me… being thrown about on all sides of the jeep that I was in. No, I wasn’t off-roading! I was on an investigative mission to Pinrow, a village in Nainital district, Uttarakhand from my home. I was investigating the impact of the state government's push for 100% of child births to happen in the hospitals.
![Nandadevi at sunrise](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nandadevi_at_sunrise.jpg?itok=Di51jQ9J)
Toilet under the open sky for 73% of rural India
Posted on 01 Jul, 2013 10:00 AMToilet under the open sky for 73% of rural India
The Planning commission has found that 73% of rural India practices open defecation despite many sanitation programmes encouraged by the government. The main reason for this is the unavailability of toilets.
![Open defecation continues due to lack of toilets](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/od.png?itok=c-yfw14s)
An appeal to donate generously for the Uttarakhand tragedy, Peoples Science Institute, Dehradun
Posted on 27 Jun, 2013 12:01 PMAppeal by
About the appeal
Havoc created by the Uttarakhand deluge is unprecedented. Cloudbursts, heavy rainfall and losses incurred in terms of human life and property have turned an exceptional natural phenomenon into an ongoing grieving tragedy.
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Invitation to 'Halasina Habba 2013, Jackfruit festival, Varanashi Research Foundation, Adyanadka, Karnataka
Posted on 23 Jun, 2013 04:09 PMOrganiser details
Varanashi Jack Growers Assn, Adyanadka, Varanashi Research Foundation, Adyanadka, Horticulture Department, DK District & Halasusnehi Koota (Jack lovers Forum)
Venue
![Jackfruit festival 2013](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/jackfruit_festival_2013.png?itok=XrZg_EYb)
Even climate change discriminates between women and men!
Posted on 23 Jun, 2013 04:15 AMWe await a future that could be hotter and drier because of climate change. This is increasingly recognized as a global concern and available data suggests that it is increasing the frequency and severity of weather-related hazards in South Asia.
![Floods in Bihar; Image: Sharada Prasad](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/floods-in-bihar-sharada-prasad.jpg?itok=HJ41HR0y)
Celebrating Uttarakhand
Posted on 17 Jun, 2013 05:14 PMThroughout history, the Uttarakhand Himalayas have been a source of timber and water to the rest of the nation. However, this has led to severe depletion of resources in the state. Today, the mountain communities find it hard to meet their basic needs of fodder, fuel and water.
![Soil and water conservation rejuvenates forests](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/chal_and_khal_system.jpg?itok=YAmav0oW)
Training Programme on Citywide Sanitation Planning (CSP), Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society, Bangalore
Posted on 17 Jun, 2013 04:58 PMOffered by
Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society
Venue
Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions,
Survey # 205, Kommaghata Road, Bandmath, Bangalore
About the programme