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    Environment

    Disaster Management

    Dams Have to Prepare Emergency Action Plans, Minister Tells Rajya Sabha

    The minister pointed out that the union government has constituted the national committee on dam safety to discharge functions to prevent dam failure related...
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    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh Plans to Launch Toll-free SMS Flood Warning

    Authorities in Bangladesh are devising an SMS service after devastating floods killed many people and destroyed harvests. They believe that people in far-to-reach rural...
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    Climate change

    Weather Factors Key to ‘Predicting’ Dengue Outbreaks

    Dengue transmission is expected to intensify due to climate change because weather plays key a role in the spread of mosquito-borne diseases as the...
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    Climate change

    Women’s Lives Get Harder in Bundelkhand as Water Scarcity Grows

    Up to 70 per cent of women in parts of the drought-prone region in central India are affected by acute water shortages, according to...
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    Bangladesh

    Hydropower Collaboration Offers High Prospects of Energy Security and Trade in the SouthAsian Subcontinent

    The South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Integration programme prompted by USAID is geared towards regional energy integration and cross border energy trade in...
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    Animals and wildlife

    Heatwave in Kashmir Spells Difficult Future for Pastoralists

    This year’s heatwave has left the pastoralist community of Jammu and Kashmir with inadequate fodder and water, and many fear an uncertain future in...
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    Air

    Europe Is On Fire

    Blistering heat across Europe is taking a huge toll – wildfires across the southwest of the continent have caused hundreds of deaths, and seen...
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    Agri-technology

    Nepal Can Fight Toxic Metals With Plants

    A study says that plants capable of absorbing large amounts of contaminants offer an opportunity to detoxify soil and water as concern grows over...
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    Bio-diversity

    Kerala Gifts 1,200 Saplings to Boost Maldives’ Five Million Tree Drive

    Climate change remains an existential concern for the Maldives. Rising sea levels, coastal erosion and the need for greater green cover make large-scale tree planting both a practical and a symbolic necessity.
    Agriculture

    Sri Lanka Braces for Wetter-Than-Average Conditions from October Amid Strengthening El Niño

    Proactive measures now can substantially reduce the eventual human and economic cost, the FAO report says.
    Afghanistan

    Pakistan: Afghan Medical Students Ordered to Return Home Amid Strained Ties

    The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council has issued firm directives requiring Afghan nationals enrolled in medical and dental programmes across Pakistan to return to Afghanistan.

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    Bio-diversity

    Kerala Gifts 1,200 Saplings to Boost Maldives’ Five Million Tree Drive

    Climate change remains an existential concern for the Maldives. Rising sea levels, coastal erosion and the need for greater green cover make large-scale tree planting both a practical and a symbolic necessity.
    Agriculture

    Sri Lanka Braces for Wetter-Than-Average Conditions from October Amid Strengthening El Niño

    Proactive measures now can substantially reduce the eventual human and economic cost, the FAO report says.
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    Jagadananda, co-founder of the Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD), has been conferred the prestigious Justice A.K. Patnaik National Award in recognition of his lifelong commitment to grassroots democracy and inclusive development.
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