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    State ministers moot environment council at TERI summit

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    Science for the city by citizens: Enhancing local water system resilience

    Skyrocketing hospital bills and rising costs for water, only to be matched by costly repairs of the homes we live in – all because...
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    When the fate of half our planet is being discussed, it’s too important to shut out civil society

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    Noise pollution, wildfires and disruptive timing of life cycles looming environmental threats: UN report

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    Himalayan glaciers melting rapidly, minister informs Lok Sabha

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    Reviving Rajasthan’s desert ecosystem with native trees, seed bank and people

    The Marwar region in western Rajasthan has been prone to desertification, groundwater salinity and soil nutrient loss. Now, a project on a plot of...
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    Forests for business?

    Environmentalists see the government applying two different standards on the issue of monetising forests and disturbing wildlife for industrialisation on the one hand, and...
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    Everest’s South Col glacier is thinning 80-times faster, says new study

    Mount Everest is very much part of the earth we live in and is not spared by climate change. But a new study unveiled...
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