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Nightsoil to biogas: Mapuskar's Malaprabha
Posted on 04 Dec, 2014 11:46 AM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dr_mapuskar.preview.jpg?itok=xonZk9cf)
Nirmal Gram Puraskar - Changing landscapes and mindsets
Posted on 30 Nov, 2014 11:57 AMWith over 638 million people defecating in the open, India’s obsession with constructing toilets is not surprising. In a bid to arrest the number of people going out to answer nature’s call, successive governments have been pushing their total sanitation drive under different names.
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Dengue and chikungunya in India - High temperatures, humidity, rainfall and local practices to blame?
Posted on 25 Nov, 2014 03:44 PMClimate change has been predicted to have a tremendous impact on the health of populations leading to deaths as well as increase in the incidence of diseases such as dengue and chikungunya. Dengue and chikungunya have emerged as major public health problems making headlines in many states in India following the erratic monsoons.
![Aedes aegypti mosquito (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aedes_egypti.jpg?itok=ZullUBZu)
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)
Toilets and social networks: Is there a connection?
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2366204790_e4e0fbf9b5_o_1.jpg?itok=Ik8a0BgI)
It's not just about rape
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMNandatai and her 16 year old daughter Phula creep out of their houses quietly in the wee hours of the morning into the dark fields to relieve themselves before everyone wakes up. It is an everyday story as this is the only time in the day that they have privacy. “It is so shameful to go out in the fields during the day”, says Nandatai. “We have to hold our urine till it gets dark.
![Sanitation access among women is a fundamental human right (Image Source: surrealpenguin via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-11/Working_women_in_rajasthan_countryside_india.jpg?itok=Wlj5S6fF)
SC rebukes Central and State Pollution Control Boards over Ganga pollution
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMPollution Control Board is a story of complete failure, frustration and disaster: SC
KenBetwa river link to divert 6000 hectares of Panna Tiger Reserve
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMKen-Betwa river link to take away 10% of MP's Panna Tiger Reserve
Water allocation to stay the same for Telangana and Andhra
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMTelangana formed but no change in water allocation
CSE tells new govt to reinvent strategy for river cleanup
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AMApply new strategy for cleaning rivers: CSE