Political
River conservation efforts need to be prioritised
Posted on 05 Apr, 2019 02:06 PMOdisha is home to 11 major rivers of which many are interstate rivers such as the Mahanadi. As climate change makes extreme rainfall events more frequent in the state, there is an urgent need to better manage the rivers and their basins.
Call for abstracts for the Water Future Conference, Bengaluru
Posted on 04 Apr, 2019 03:55 PMAbout the conference:
Almost half of the country reels under drought: Study
Posted on 04 Apr, 2019 07:00 AMStudy reveals that nearly 42 percent of India’s land area is facing drought
DDA allows waste dumping on Yamuna floodplains
Posted on 04 Apr, 2019 06:42 AMDDA allocates 42.5 acre plot on Yamuna floodplains for waste dumping
How mining ruined lives and livelihoods
Posted on 03 Apr, 2019 10:13 AMKoley Kisku, a primary school student at Ranipur village at Rampurhat block in Birbhum district of West Bengal suffers from a thyroid gland related ailment that has partially affected his ability to speak. His school mates say that the 11-year-old could speak normally till a few years ago but he began to lose his voice.
What’s forest governance without local hand
Posted on 02 Apr, 2019 11:42 AMThe recent news on the forced eviction of more than 1,000,000 tribal and other forest-dwelling households from 16 states by a Supreme Court order has again brought the long-debated issue of the role of the state and
Towards sustainable food production
Posted on 01 Apr, 2019 11:14 AMThe national conclave on food held on March 15, 2019 at New Delhi saw experts urge policy changes to promote sustainable food production especially organic farming as well as regulations to reduce misuse of antibiotics and pesticides.
SC sets aside NGT order on Lower Subansiri hydel project
Posted on 27 Mar, 2019 03:37 PMLower Subansiri hydel project: SC seeks review of NGT's order granting nod to the project
Bullet train project worries activists
Posted on 27 Mar, 2019 03:15 PMActivists seek President, PM intervention to protect mangrove trees in Maharashtra
Number crunching helps farmers manage water
Posted on 23 Mar, 2019 11:45 PMAt 42 years, Bhagwat Ghagare seems young. But he is old enough to have seen his village prosper and decline many times. Farming had traditionally been small and distress migration rampant at Kumbharwadi in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.