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Responding to the second wave of COVID-19 in rural India
Posted on 06 May, 2021 11:52 AMAs healthcare systems in urban cities across India grapple with the second wave of COVID-19, smaller towns and v
India’s pandemic generation: Inching closer to ecological disasters
Posted on 17 Mar, 2021 11:20 PMIndia is all set to usher in a ‘pandemic generation’, with 375 million children (from newborns to 14-year-olds) likely to suffer long-lasting impacts, as per the State of Environment Report, 2021.
Study detects high levels of arsenic in cooked rice in Bihar
Posted on 03 Mar, 2021 08:01 AMExtensive evidence of elevated arsenic in the food chain, mainly rice, wheat and vegetables exists.
Budget 2021: Policy measures in the nutrition sector
Posted on 25 Jan, 2021 11:34 AMIndia's food security policy framework includes many proven nutrition interventions. In 2015, India committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of zero hunger.
Sanitation workers amid the pandemic
Posted on 28 Dec, 2020 01:51 PMSanitation workers are out in full force tasked with disinfecting the public spaces as COVID-19 crisis continues to impact the country on top of other serious challenges faced by our WASH sector.
Responsible consumption and production key to fighting climate change
Posted on 26 Dec, 2020 07:12 PMThe twelfth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) goal which calls for ensuring responsible consumption and production patterns, recognizes that consumption and production despite being drivers of the economy have destructive impacts on natural resources.
Getting communities engaged in faecal sludge management
Posted on 22 Dec, 2020 05:05 PMGyanchand Mishra, Councillor of Ward 3, is the President of the Ward Sanitation Committee (WSC) and is also a member of the City Sanitation Task Force (CSTF).
Air pollution: Filling the gaps
Posted on 22 Dec, 2020 12:34 PMAir pollution killed 16.7 lakh Indians and led to an economic loss of Rs.
Lost to fluorosis
Posted on 21 Dec, 2020 12:33 PM“What should I do? I have been bedridden for two years now. My hands and feet do not work.
New packaged drinking water rules to apply from January 1, 2021
Posted on 09 Dec, 2020 12:43 PMRevised standards for packaged drinking water to apply from January 1st, 2021