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Hydropower
The search for a shelter
Posted on 01 Feb, 2017 08:46 PMIn the last few decades, India has seen an increasing number of people migrating from rural areas to urban cities in search of work and better living. These migrants often get employed in the informal sector as construction workers, vendors, domestic servants, etc. They also live in informal settlements, generally known as slums.
They said it!
Posted on 01 Feb, 2017 10:00 AMThe year 2016 was an abysmal year in terms of environmental policy and conservation in India.
All eyes on agriculture
Posted on 31 Jan, 2017 07:28 PMThe agriculture sector in India’s drought-ravaged regions is in a state of crisis. Millions of farmers are pushed out of their farms and into the cities for jobs.
NGT to hear PIL on Ganga clean-up
Posted on 30 Jan, 2017 04:40 PMNGT to hear petition on Ganga revival on a day-to-day basis
Opposition to Teesta Stage IV hydel project
Posted on 30 Jan, 2017 04:20 PMPeople of Sikkim stand against Teesta hydel project
Inform us about future hydel projects: Pakistan to India
Posted on 23 Jan, 2017 08:50 PMIndia should inform us about its future hydel projects: Pakistan
No man's land
Posted on 18 Jan, 2017 09:39 PMFrom its rather benign origins connoting a type of land classification, the term poromboke has transformed into something grotesque over the years. This term had been in use since the Cholas denoting stretches of land reserved for shared communal use which cannot be bought or sold.
Acquired lands lay barren, SC questions states
Posted on 16 Jan, 2017 12:11 PMWhy are lands acquired from farmers barren? SC asks states
TN suffers the worst north-east monsoon in 140 years
Posted on 16 Jan, 2017 11:50 AMTamil Nadu declares drought
State of rivers goes south
Posted on 14 Jan, 2017 05:40 PMAt a time when the government’s attention is steered towards the concerns of the northern rivers like the Ganga and the Yamuna, it is seldom that the polluted rivers of the south India come up for discussion.