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Oceans, Seas, River and Water bodies
Disaster risk reduction
Grim Situation in Assam Following Floods
54 lives have been lost due to the floods across the state since the monsoon season began on 6 April. Assam’s Brahmaputra valley is...
Air
India’s Rejection of Global Environment Report ‘Perilous’
The Environmental Performance Index 2022 ranked India as world’s least environmentally sustainable country. India rejected the report, challenging its methodology. The EPI report’s chief...
Bangladesh
What’s wrong with Bangladesh’s rivers?
The priorities of the government of Bangladesh have gone into fighting disasters, most of them hydrological in nature. Sustaining rivers and their ecosystem has...
Animals and wildlife
The Great Fish Robbery
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing takes advantage of corrupt administrations and exploits weak management regimes, in particular those of developing countries lacking the capacity...
Clean tech
The Richest One Per Cent Pollutes More than the Poorest 50 Per Cent
The world population is already using the equivalent of 1.6 earths to maintain the current way of life. Ecosystems can longer keep up with...
Bangladesh
South Asia ‘Sorely Needs Transboundary River Accord’
Countries around the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin are losing over US$14.2 billion yearly because of a lack cooperation. One major hurdle is China’s apathy to multilateral...
Asia Pacific
Future Super Cyclones Will Expose Vastly More People To Extreme Flooding in SouthAsia, Say Researchers
Research shows that future super cyclones would expose greater numbers of people in most vulnerable parts of the world to extreme flooding. The study...
Disaster risk reduction
So What is the Second Most (Ab)Used Resource On Earth?
Yes, you guessed it right. It is indeed sand. After water, sand is the most used resource globally.
Now, a study published by the UN...
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Are Government Schemes Meaningful in the Absence of Land Rights?
It is evident that the effects of the project are not uniformly distributed, as certain villages experience benefits while...
Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures
The sub-committee for GRAP has undertaken a comprehensive review of the air quality scenario in the National Capital Region...
Educating the Mind Without Educating the Heart is No Education at All
By Yasmine Sherif
The words above, by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, serve as a reminder that we still have...
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Are Government Schemes Meaningful in the Absence of Land Rights?
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Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures
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