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Dolphins in the Ganga and its tributaries nearly doubles in 3 years
Posted on 12 Oct, 2015 09:30 PMGanga and its tributaries, except the Ramganga show increased dolphin numbers
![The Gangetic Dolphin (Source: Arati Kumar Rao)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gangetic_dolphin1_0.jpg?itok=3NaZwNAa)
The unsung heroes of Mumbai
Posted on 12 Oct, 2015 12:17 AMThe 30,000-strong conservancy workers of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation truly are the unsung heroes of Mumbai
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Happy Anniversary, Swachh Bharat? Not quite
Posted on 05 Oct, 2015 07:26 PM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3223299340_3325b94bb0_o.jpg?itok=3wMQ4FUS)
Catch them young: Treating children affected by fluorosis
Posted on 05 Oct, 2015 05:59 PMFluorosis is a cowardly disease; it selectively preys upon the most vulnerable and renders them even more fragile.
![Several young children in Jhabua suffer from skeletal fluorosis (Source: INREM Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/skeletal_fluorosis_inrem.jpg?itok=Ltpdcd8C)
Dengue blurs the line between rich and poor
Posted on 05 Oct, 2015 02:23 PMShantabai, a domestic worker in a number of buildings in Pune says, "See didi, nowadays you can find dengue-causing mosquitoes even in posh buildings but people there do not allow Corporation workers to come and spray inside. Even Bollywood actors are being told to take care".
![The dengue-causing Aedes aegypti mosquito (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/malaria_2.jpg?itok=dQXg_Dv2)
The connection between gender and safe sanitation in rural India
Posted on 02 Oct, 2015 04:28 PMSanitation coverage in India continues to display marked disparities in access to safe toilet facilities between urban and rural populations across economic and social groups despite some impressive gains made.
![Health and sanitation, the linkages (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_and_toilets.jpg?itok=hxsrx72t)
From suspecting black magic to diagnosing fluorosis: Madhya Pradesh's struggle
Posted on 02 Oct, 2015 12:08 PMIt was 1995.
![The use of borewells in fluoride-affected areas, such as this one in Dhar, is one of the primary reasons for fluorosis. (Source: Chicu Lokgariwar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dhar_004.jpg?itok=D0DA94rG)
Training on Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Interventions
Posted on 01 Oct, 2015 12:46 PMCourse Objectives:
At the completion of the training programme, the participants would be able to
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Dengue for dummies
Posted on 30 Sep, 2015 09:38 AMI keep seeing news about dengue everywhere. Why is it such a big deal?
![Wanted for murder: The Aedes aegypti mosquito the primary vector for Dengue (Source: James Gathany [Public domain], Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aedes_aegypti_during_blood_meal.jpg?itok=qJmRI4xo)
Sanitation workers forced to clean human excreta during the Ashadi Ekadashi in Pandharpur
Posted on 28 Sep, 2015 10:45 AM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/fa4f5f10-a979-4456-9e64-94d4728ea7d9.jpg?itok=zLKFpMF3)