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Ecology and Environment
Budget 2019 allocates income support package for farmers
Posted on 05 Feb, 2019 06:12 PMIdentify farmers for income support scheme: NITI Aayog to states
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Sunderbans tagged under Ramsar Convention
Posted on 05 Feb, 2019 05:41 PMIndian Sunderbans gets recognition under Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
![Mangroves of the Sunderbans (Source: Nature Environment & Wildlife Society - NEWS)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sunderbans_0.jpg?itok=25wfqqvZ)
Time to enact groundwater bill
Posted on 30 Jan, 2019 11:26 AMCountry's groundwater crisis showcases need to enact model groundwater bill
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Extreme rainfall events need not lead to floods
Posted on 21 Jan, 2019 06:36 PMIt has been reported that extreme rainfall events are increasing over India and widespread floods have increased threefold over the last several decades from an average of two events per year to six events per year. But the link between extreme rainfall events and rising incidence of floods remains tenuous.
![Many hydraulic factors influence occurrence of floods. (Pic: IWP flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/22887276573_14c1e3d7c6_z_1_0.jpg?itok=vRk-RSn7)
Irrigation scheme inconsistent: CAG audit
Posted on 15 Jan, 2019 10:59 AMInconsistencies in Centre's flagship irrigation scheme, reveals CAG audit
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Committee for action against water contamination
Posted on 15 Jan, 2019 10:20 AMDevise time-bound plan to address water contamination: Parliamentary committee
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Climate change not new
Posted on 14 Jan, 2019 12:17 PMA team of researchers have unravelled the imprints of sea level fluctuations and climate change that may have occurred along the coastal river of Saurashtra region in India’s west coast over the past 1.5 lakh years.
![Evidence of sea level fluctuations and climate change that may have occurred along the coastal river of Saurashtra region found. (Pic: ISW)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/photo-4_1.jpg?itok=C8NL6xSg)
What's killing the Ganga?
Posted on 11 Jan, 2019 05:45 PM"An eternal life free of sins" is the promise that comes attached with the magnificent occasion of Kumbh Mela. The 2019 Ardh Kumbh that takes place once in six years is just around the corner. Starting January 15, crores of people from around the world will take a dip in the Triveni Sangam—the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna.
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Gangetic river dolphin habitats under threat
Posted on 11 Jan, 2019 12:45 PMA five-year study conducted in the Sundarbans region has found that the rising water salinity level is threatening the habitat of Gangetic river dolphins.
![Gangetic river dolphin habitats are threatened by rise in salinity levels. (Pic by ISW)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dophin_snout.jpg?itok=ezX-DI2F)
When water kills
Posted on 09 Jan, 2019 03:54 PMWaterborne diseases are diseases transmitted through
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