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Climate change
Debt Swaps Could Release $100 Billion for Climate Action
If a country and its creditors agree to a swap, a portion of that nation’s debt can be written off in exchange for achieving...
Climate change
Health Minister Reviews Preparedness for Management of Heat Related Illnesses
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya emphasised the importance of creating a central database with inputs from states to share field level data on heatwaves, including on...
Climate change
Revival of Hope: How a Remote Indian Village Overcame Water Scarcity
By restoring the ponds, the community at Patqapara Village, a small hamlet in India's West Bengal State, was able to save their village and...
Climate change
Climate Change will Further Strain the Resilience of Small Farmers
The unsustainable nature of farming operations and the escalating climate change have worsened the situation of the Indian farmer. Therefore, these huge populations' means...
Climate change
Nepal Farmers Face Another Year of ‘Agricultural Drought’, Threatening Food Security
Farmers in the mid-hills mainly depend on rainfall for irrigation, but in recent years, they have been experiencing a change in the rainfall pattern...
Agri-business
Hit by Climate Change, Authorities Seek to Improve Saffron Yields in Kashmir
Saffron farmers, who grow the “king of spices” in fields sprawling across several thousand hectares, mainly in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, have been complaining...
Clean tech
Road to COP29: Highest Climate Ambitions Needed to Decarbonize World
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require a 43 percent decline in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, per estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on...
Agri-business
Investment Forum for Advancing Climate Resilient Agrifood Systems in India Launched
A joint initiative of NITI Aayog, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and FAO, the initiative aims to develop an investment and partnership strategy...
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Sixth Edition of International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure Begins In New Delhi
Prime Minister Modi drew attention to the impact of natural disasters on humans and mentioned earthquakes destroying houses making...
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Fine, Sanctions, or Waiver: Iranian Gas Will Come at a Price for Pakistan
The Iranian/Pakistani gas pipeline likely to top agenda for the visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Pakistan. The...
A Global Village for a Global Plastics Instrument
The apparent convenience that this throw-away society brings has wrought environmental catastrophe on our ecosystems. It floods our drains....
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Sixth Edition of International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure Begins In New Delhi
Prime Minister Modi drew attention to the impact of...
Fine, Sanctions, or Waiver: Iranian Gas Will Come at a Price for Pakistan
The Iranian/Pakistani gas pipeline likely to top agenda for...
