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November 6, 2022
Protecting children from climate change impact not child's play
In 2020, 559 million children were affected by four to five heatwaves a year; numbers could increase four-fold by 2050, as per a report by UNICEF
Heat-related mortality is four times higher among children under 1 year of age than in persons aged 1–44 years (Image: Taqver, Wikimedia Commons)
September 26, 2022
Dirty drains 'drain' health
This study found that the sanitary quality of neighbourhood drains, in addition to toilets, affected sanitation and hygiene and incidences of ill-health in rural households.
Dirty drainages, harbingers of illhealth. Image for representation only (Image Source: SuSanA Secretariat via Wikimedia Commons)
September 9, 2022
Creating jobs while managing air quality
Highlights from a new report released by iFOREST
An old coal-fired power plant has been dumping vast quantities of ash out in the open for many years. (Image: Lundrim Aliu/ World Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
August 19, 2022
Polluted water, hitchhiking microbes and the hidden threat of cholera in India
Better access to clean water coupled with health education to bring about changes in behaviour are critical to prevent exposure to dangerous cholera bacteria that lurk in untreated waters.
The hidden threat of cholera in India (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
July 20, 2022
Poisoned waters of Delhi
This study found a high concentration of trihalomethanes (THMs) in water treatment plants in Delhi that were associated with increased risk of cancer.
What's in your tap water (Image Source: India Water Portal)
July 5, 2022
Poisoned waters, threatened lives
Studies reveal that children are the most vulnerable to the health risks associated with groundwater contamination due to nitrate and fluoride, highlighting the need for urgent remedial measures.
POisoned waters, dangerous outcomes (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Siang Basin dams study inadequate: NGO
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Siang Basin dams' study inadequate: NGO
The great Indian toilet tracker
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Women patiently wait for the sun to go down, to squat in open fields. Young children do so unabashedly on the roads under the open skies. Well into our 67th year of independence, the sanitation situation hasn't changed much in villages and towns across the nation.
If you dont clean our shit then who will
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

"Swaraj is a meaningless term, if we desire to keep a fifth of India under perpetual subjection, and deliberately deny to them the fruits of national culture". - Mahatma Gandhi
Contaminated water caused 13000 deaths in 4 years
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Contaminated water killed 13,000 in last four years
Land of water no more
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

The name Tripura originated from 'Twi' meaning water and 'Para' meaning land. The indigenous population, which is about 32%, refer to Tripura as Twipra, meaning land of water. However, the state no longer seems to be living up to its name.
Chemical fertilizers spelling death for infants
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Chemical fertilizers spelling death for infants: Study
MoEF revalidates POSCOs project while rejects Vedantas proposal
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

MoEF revalidates POSCO's clearance

Environment ministry revalidates environmental clearance of POSCO's steel project in Odisha, though a major hurdle of National Green Tribunal's decision on the project, lies ahead.
Kerala wants yet another review of the Western Ghats report
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Kerala demands review of the Western Ghats order
Improved sanitation can reduce diarrhoea cases by 47%
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Improved sanitation can reduce diarrhoea cases by 47%: World Bank
Despite government funding only 30% urban slums have toilets
Posted on 22 Nov, 2014 10:30 AM

Welfare schemes not of much use to urban slums
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