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Hidden treasure: Adivasi’s traditional food diversity
Posted on 19 Jun, 2022 01:15 PMOften overlooked in food security policies, indigenous uncultivated wild food and traditional crops is a major source of dietary diversity for tribal communities since millennia.
Regulating water bodies in the Kashmir valley
Posted on 19 Jun, 2022 09:48 AMNature has bestowed Kashmir valley with abundant water resources on which its vast population depends in myriad ways since time immemorial. People derive their livelihoods from the numerous direct and indirect activities related to these water bodies. In spite of their immense benefits, the water bodies and wetlands are treated as wastelands in Kashmir.
Sustainable investing to surge to US$125 billion in India by 2026
Posted on 18 Jun, 2022 09:59 AMClimate change consciousness has led to global investment firms prioritising sustainable investments, not only for long-term financial returns but to also provide positive social effects.
Fluoride contamination of groundwater in Punjab, a growing concern
Posted on 16 Jun, 2022 02:05 PMNearly 85 percent of the Indian population consumes groundwater and this groundwater can get polluted because of a number of contaminants - with fluoride being an important one.
Fluoride contamination of groundwater - a grave risk to health
Damned by pollution, doomed by beautification
Posted on 15 Jun, 2022 12:58 PMPune has been a water rich city and the Mula and the Mutha rivers that flow through the city are tributaries that join to form the Mula Mutha river in the city that joins the Bhima and then later, the Krishna river.
A community-led landslide prediction system in India
Posted on 14 Jun, 2022 08:53 AMCommunity scientists, with the assistance of professional researchers, have developed a meteorology-based landslide prediction system for India’s Western Ghats mountain range, according to a paper published earlier this year.
Dealing with heatwaves
Posted on 10 Jun, 2022 11:24 AMHeatwaves are deadly disasters that are increasingly common and can seriously affect human health and well-being. When a heatwave strikes, the most vulnerable are the most impacted.
Etalin hydroelectric project: Centre grants nod, FAC approval awaited
Posted on 08 Jun, 2022 01:20 PMDespite concerns, Etalin hydropower project gets government nod, FAC yet to give clearance
India's rank continue to fall in the global SDGs Report
Posted on 08 Jun, 2022 12:03 PMIndia ranks 121 in the global Sustainable Development Report, 2022