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Fire in Assam to have catastrophic effect on ecozones: Experts
Posted on 11 Jun, 2020 09:04 PMFire breaks at an oil well in Assam damaging ecozones around the site
Northeast fights Covid-19
Posted on 09 Jun, 2020 11:34 PMWhile Covid-19 has left many countries including India in the line of fire, the situation in India is now getting particularly alarming with the number of people infected by Covid-19 rising at a rapid pace.
Need to protect the unique geological features in the Upper Ken basin
Posted on 07 Jun, 2020 12:52 PMKathayi, a scheduled tribe (ST) dominated village in the midst of the forested stretches of Shahnagar block in Panna district faces acute water scarcity during the 3-4 summer months. Through the government schemes, three wells and two hand pumps were installed in this 75 household village in the last 10-15 years, but most of them are dysfunctional now.
Living through Cyclone Amphan and Covid-19: Climate change and water security
Posted on 07 Jun, 2020 11:33 AMThe nomenclature of cyclones and hurricanes is developed much in advance through multilateral processes in the region. The name Amphan (Sky in Thai and Akash in Bangla) was chosen from a long list of potential disasters long back.
Centre approves JJM funds to Odisha and Chhattisgarh for this financial year
Posted on 05 Jun, 2020 05:23 PMGovernment approves Jal Jeevan Mission funds for Odisha and Chhattisgarh
Covid-19 hits women’s access to menstrual hygiene products
Posted on 04 Jun, 2020 08:49 AMIn an effort to raise concerns around effective menstrual health, Menstrual Health Alliance India (MHAI), a network working on menstrual health and hygiene in India, Dasra, a philanthropic organisation and Change.org, a technology platform for social change hosted an online workshop recent
India’s deepening water crisis - need for a response at scale
Posted on 01 Jun, 2020 03:22 PMThe water crisis in India has been in the making for sometime now, and the current COVID-19 pandemic has further brought to fore the challenges of safe water and hygiene, necessary for survival.
Agricultural crop substitution can bridge rural and urban water needs
Posted on 01 Jun, 2020 02:51 PMWith 85 percent of water being utilized for agriculture in India, a gradual shift in agriculture towards water-intensive crops have exposed the country to an increased threat of water crisis. The erratic nature of monsoons adds to this exposure and calls for judicious use of water resources, especially in the dry regions.
Lockdown puts citymakers at risk
Posted on 28 May, 2020 01:22 PMSuddenly thrown out of work by a nationwide lockdown, the migrants who built our cities and our economies were forced to take the torturous walk away from the cities to their homes in rural India.
Cyclone Amphan wreaks havoc in West Bengal
Posted on 27 May, 2020 08:33 AMCyclone Amphan causes widespread destruction in West Bengal