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Society, Culture, Religion and History
Opening for position of 'Junior Research Fellow (JRF)', Indian Centre for Climate and Societal Impacts Research (ICCSIR), Navrangpura, Ahmedabad
Posted on 20 Nov, 2013 07:07 AMFor more information on the Indian Centre for Climate and Societal Impacts Research (ICCSIR), please click here.
To view details on the vacancy, click here.
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Applications invited for the post of 'Research Assistant', Centre for Wildlife Studies, Multiple states
Posted on 20 Nov, 2013 06:52 AMTo know more on the Centre for Wildlife Studies, click here and here.
For information on the vacancy, please click here.
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Environment Ministry withdraws controversial amendment
Posted on 19 Nov, 2013 11:48 AMEnvironment Ministry withdraws amendment to waste rules
![New amendment to waste rules withdrawn (Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/waste.jpg?itok=ZcA4Ldjw)
Nominations invited for the 'Jamnalal Bajaj Awards, 2014', Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation
Posted on 19 Nov, 2013 08:23 AMFor more information on the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation, please click here.
To view details on the awards, click here.
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Invite to a public discussion on 'Land, Water, Livestock, People and the Commons', Karnataka Rajya Amritmahal Kaval Hitarakshana Samiti, Bangalore
Posted on 18 Nov, 2013 11:33 AMTo view more on Amritmahal Kavals, click here.
To view the original message in Kannada, please click here.
You may download the invite in English from below.
![Karnataka Amritmahal Kaval Hitarakshana Samiti](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pastureland.png?itok=kDuaamkK)
Symbolic yet neglected
Posted on 17 Nov, 2013 10:17 PMRameshwaram is well-known as one of India's most sacred places and is an important pilgrimage centre. However, what isn't well-known is the history behind the 64 teerthas (holy water bodies) in and around the island.
![The sacred teerthas at Rameshwaram](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_1361.jpg?itok=239nWlki)
Can we build an alternative society?
Posted on 17 Nov, 2013 10:11 PMRiverside apartments are in great demand these days. This has led to a surge in the number of apartments built along rivers that flow through urban areas. These same 'premium' apartments are encroaching on the river's channel and are therefore most vulnerable to the floods that they help create by constricting the river. This harm extends beyond the apartments in question.
![A wastepicker sorts through waste (source: Chicu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/p1020602.jpg?itok=9zvXLljh)
A little green in Delhi’s growing grey
Posted on 17 Nov, 2013 10:01 PMDelhi claims that it is one of the world's ‘green cosmopolitans’ because of the 20% of green cover it has. However, the fact is that 200 full-grown trees die every year because of storms, water scarcity, disease and old age. A large number of New Delhi's neglected avenue trees are 80-100 years old, planted at the time the British built the capital.
![Restored monument in Sunder Nursery](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sunder_nursery.jpg?itok=KVkiPjpy)
Invite to the '10th Manthan Award Asia Pacific', Digital Empowerment Foundation, New Delhi
Posted on 17 Nov, 2013 12:31 PMFor more information on the awards, please click here.
To register for the same, click here.
You may download the brochure from below.
![Manthan Award 2013](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/manthanaward_2013.png?itok=PCv-kV-9)
Invite to a lecture 'Celebrating Water: Jal Utsav ', Manthan 2, New Delhi
Posted on 17 Nov, 2013 12:02 PMFor more information on the event, please click here.
![Celebrating Water: Jal Utsav](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/manthan.png?itok=SnKCXrUd)