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Waterless in Whitefield- Learn, discuss & find solutions to your water woes, Jagriti Theatre, Bangalore
Posted on 07 Aug, 2013 12:24 PMHosted by
About the event
Water is a rapidly diminishing resource, the basis of life.
Learn about Whitefield’s water usage and issues, discover solutions, and find out what you can do to help solve Whitefield’s water woes.
![Jagriti Theatre](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/jagriti.png?itok=NfF0Hx0A)
Applications invited for ICIMOD Media Fellowship 2013 for journalists from Northeast India
Posted on 05 Aug, 2013 08:07 AMOffered by
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
About the Fellowship
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Call for abstracts - International conference on Ecosystem Conservation, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (ECOCASD 2013), University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram , October 3-5, 2013
Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 05:16 PMOrganisers
Department of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, University of Kerala
Theme of the conference
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IAS officer suspended for targeting illegal sand mining
Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 05:01 PMIAS officer in Uttar Pradesh suspended for action against sand mining
![Sand mining near the Yamuna river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mining.jpg?itok=alGOMcDa)
Touched by very little water
Posted on 01 Aug, 2013 11:54 AMAuthor and conservationist, Anupam Mishra has spent decades promoting water conservation and management. Through his travels across various states of India, he has been studying and teaching the time-tested techniques of rainwater harvesting.
![Kunds and tankas have been used to collect water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kunds.jpg?itok=7cWwToz3)
Help influence water and environmental policy for the Himalayan states: Sustainable Development Forum, Nagaland and India Water Portal invite contributions for the upcoming Mountain Summit at Kohima, Nagaland in September 2013
Posted on 29 Jul, 2013 06:15 AMThe catastrophe at Uttarakhand in June 2013, was a hot topic of discussion for many of us across the country, but only those who live in the Himalayan states understand the significance and impact it has on their lives. Poor policies and governance were the root cause; much more than heavy rains.
![3rd Sustainable Mountain Development Summit Kohima](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/smds3logo_0.png?itok=oM8lXdXU)
Forest panel rejects highly opposed dam projects in the Northeast
Posted on 28 Jul, 2013 04:22 PMForest Advisory Committee rejects the controversial Tipaimukh and Dibang hydro-electric projects
![The idyllic Barak river (source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/barak_river.jpg?itok=zBqdB-EJ)
Beware of genetically modified crops!
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 01:36 PMWhen the DNA of a plant is modified using genetic engineering techniques or biotechnology, the plant is said to have been genetically modified (GM). What does this mean to you and I? Quite simply, it means that the crop could have undergone this process in order to become something that it wasn't in the first place.
![Protest against BRAI bill Source: Greenpeace](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/greenpeace3.jpg?itok=iSgtUif6)
The Dongria Kondhs' tribals bring the judiciary down on its knees
Posted on 22 Jul, 2013 01:40 AMDongria Kondh tribals stand firm against mining of Niyamgiri
![Celebration Dance (Source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dongriakondhdance.jpg?itok=UBL-YiUm)
Applications invited for Research Fellowship Scheme, Sitaram Jindal Foundation
Posted on 15 Jul, 2013 06:03 PMOffered by
Sitaram Jindal Foundation (SJ Foundation)
About the scheme
The Fellowship is for supporting individual investigators in research and development leading to applications of innovations
Fields of research
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