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Industrial and other Manmade Disasters
Invitation to International conference on 'Addressing Poverty and Vulnerability in the Hindu Kush Himalayas', ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal
Posted on 30 Oct, 2013 06:57 PMFor more information on the organisers, ICIMOD, please click here.
Details of the conference may be viewed here.
For programme details, click here.
![ICIMOD](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/icimod_0.png?itok=UPdLyWZj)
India moves up on the Global Hunger Index
Posted on 21 Oct, 2013 04:56 PMIndia moves up two notches on the Global Hunger Index
![Child malnutrition Source: The Indian Express](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/url.jpeg?itok=Cml3SIUO)
Invitation to the release of 'Agony of Floods: Flood Induced Water Conflicts in India', Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India & Megh Pyne Abhiyan , Patna
Posted on 18 Oct, 2013 12:01 PMFor details on the invite, please click here.
![Megh Pyne Abhiyan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/megh_pyne_abhiyan.png?itok=CLluBNuE)
Call for Abstracts, National Seminar on recent researches in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University,Raipur, February 24-26, 2014
Posted on 18 Oct, 2013 09:52 AMFor details on the organisers, please click here.
For more information on the seminar and the submission of papers, see the attachment below.
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110 countries pledge to phase out mercury
Posted on 15 Oct, 2013 09:10 AM110 countries sign Minamata convention to ban mercury
![No more mercury thermometers (Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/maximum_thermometer_close_up_2.jpg?itok=hFba4l4N)
Invite to seminar on e-waste management ' E -waste: Sustainability & management', The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), Hyderabad
Posted on 13 Oct, 2013 04:43 PMFor more information on the organisers, please click here.
For more details, you may download the brochure from below .
![ASSOCHAM](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/assocham.png?itok=ruhuuscV)
Invite to 'Waste Management Summit - 2013', Confederation of Indian Industry, Bengaluru
Posted on 13 Oct, 2013 04:16 PMFor further information on the summit, please click here.
![Waste Management Summit 2013](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cii_waste_summit_2013.png?itok=9bT4mv8R)
Applications invited for 'Young India Fellowship (YIF) Programme', Ashoka University, Mumbai
Posted on 10 Oct, 2013 01:47 PMFor further information on Ashoka University, please click here.
For details on the fellowship programme, click here and here.
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Applications invited for the post of ' State Coordinator-Water Quality Monitoring ', IPE Global, Patna
Posted on 30 Sep, 2013 10:01 AMFor details on the vacancy, please click here.
FOr more information on the consultancy firm, click here.
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Minor mineral, major mafia
Posted on 29 Sep, 2013 04:05 PMPahanbarri was a small village of 3000 people in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad district. The 200-year old village was known for its fertile soil, thanks to being located on the banks of the Tawa, a tributary of the Narmada river. On August 1 this year, the river changed its course, broke its bank and entered the village.
![Sand mining in Dindigul, TN Source: The Hindu](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sandmining_0.jpg?itok=47bbb9iH)