Industrial and other Manmade Disasters

As the death toll and positivity rate in the wake of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic stays alarmingly high, lockdowns and other restrictions have been instituted in many parts of the country.

As healthcare systems in urban cities across India grapple with the second wave of COVID-19, smaller towns and v

UN report reminds the world to tackle climate change immediately

Uttarakhand's Chamoli district experienced massive floods on the morning of 7th February 2021.

The pandemic and lockdown measures have had a drastic impact on a large population of poor and marginalised communities, causing loss of livelihoods and employment, food insecurity and socio-economic distress. While vulnerabilities, atrocities and injustices faced by forest communities due to forest, conservation and economic policies have increased d

Unabashed assaults by human beings on the natural ecological system have caused the coronavirus to spread in the first place.

The pandemic has wrought havoc on the entire world. Pessimism, suffering, unemployment, hunger and poverty resound in all corners. To survive is a physical, mental and financial battle. And every family and individual has an anecdote to narrate that speaks volumes about their combat strategy, losses and victories.

Since last week, people of Birjain village have been protesting against erosion by the river bank. They are demanding that the government should put in efforts to prevent river erosion and save their houses, otherwise they will continue with their Satyagrah and perform Jal Samadhi (suicide by drowning). Sattore, a flood-prone Panchayat has about 3000 houses.

Floods coupled with erosion increase the woes of Bihar

Indore once again tops the Swachh Survekshan 2020 in the cleanest city category