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    People’s Commission Urges Reversal of Forced Evictions in Dhinkia for JSW Project

    The commission has urged the State to conduct a comprehensive environmental impact assessment of the Paradip Port area, which is already facing significant pollution...
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    Bangladesh

    Bangladesh: Interim Govt Sets Timeline for River Conservation; Accurate Mapping

    Each district will be tasked with developing a time-bound, cost-effective action plan to address illegal encroachments and pollution. This plan must be implemented through...
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    Features

    The Story of Living Root Bridges on Film

    It is a time-tested truism that folk cultures, tribal heritage, and old style of living preserve the ecology in a sustained manner, this package...
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    CSR and sustainability

    Half of the World’s Countries Face Freshwater Degradation, UN Reports

    According to the reports, 90 countries – predominantly in Africa, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia – are experiencing significant degradation of their freshwater ecosystems....
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    Climate change

    Cyclone Forming Over Arabian Sea as Gujarat Recovers from Heavy Rains

    The IMD's weather bulletin indicates that the storm will likely continue moving nearly west-southwestwards over the northeast Arabian Sea, away from the Indian coast, for the next two days.
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    Asia Pacific

    Pacific Ocean Being Treated “Like a Sewer”: António Guterres

    Despite these strides, Guterres stressed that major industrialized nations, particularly the G20, must lead in reducing fossil fuel production and consumption. “Big emitters must...
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    Disaster Management

    GLOF Devastates Nepal Village

    The assessment also projects a three-fold increase in GLOF risk by the end of the century, with peak risk expected by 2050. The Hindu...
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    Climate change

    Yale Survey Reveals Diverse Climate Change Opinions Across India

    Levels of knowledge and perceptions vary significantly by region. Nationally, about 85 per cent of respondents are worried about severe heat waves and droughts,...
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    ADB Approves $100 Million Loan to Overhaul Sri Lanka’s Vocational Training and Boost Women’s Jobs

    International experience shows that well-designed TVET systems can reduce youth unemployment, raise female labour force participation, and support economic diversification.
    Agri-business

    Global Food Prices Hit Near Four-Year High as Supply Disruptions Mount

    Analyses have flagged the potential for El Niño to push food inflation into double digits in import-dependent economies, compounding pressures on households still recovering from earlier crises.
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    Nepal’s $50 Million Bid to Drain Four Glacial Lakes Falls Short, Scientists Warn

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    Empowerment

    ADB Approves $100 Million Loan to Overhaul Sri Lanka’s Vocational Training and Boost Women’s Jobs

    International experience shows that well-designed TVET systems can reduce youth unemployment, raise female labour force participation, and support economic diversification.
    Agri-business

    Global Food Prices Hit Near Four-Year High as Supply Disruptions Mount

    Analyses have flagged the potential for El Niño to push food inflation into double digits in import-dependent economies, compounding pressures on households still recovering from earlier crises.
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