Tag:Environment
Disaster risk reduction
Environmental Factors Behind Depression In Sri Lanka
Rather than genetic causes, environmental factors, including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the civil war until 2009, were identified as causes that affected...
Asia Pacific
Climate Change a Major Threat to Global Health, says WHO
Annually, 3.5 million people across the WHO Western Pacific Region die from avoidable environmental causes such as air pollution, extreme weather events or waterborne...
Clean tech
Drugged Water: A New Global Pandemic Hiding in Plain Sight?
A recent study on pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers concluded that higher levels of antibiotic-resistant pathogens were found in low- to middle-income countries...
Health
US$140 Billion Needed to Tackle Lifestyle Diseases, Says Report
Progress is lacking on UN goals for heart disease, cancer, diabetes and others and an annual investment of US$18 million is needed to promote...
Animals and wildlife
For Two Years, Hundreds of Turtles at Varanasi Breeding Centre are Surviving Without Funds
The turtle breeding centre at Sarnath in Varanasi has not received funds for the last two years, because of a decision to move the...
Governance
Do we Really Need a World Ranking to Measure Happiness?
The idea of a ranking on happiness risks defeating the purpose of the gigantic and noble effort of better understanding how we can be...
Features
Reviving History and the Environment in the City of Djinns and Saints
Nizamuddin Basti, a treasure trove of a 700-year-old living cultural heritage, is being through a renewal project being implemented by the Aga Khan Trust...
Agriculture
Earthworms Can Replace Use of Synthetic Fertilisers, New Research Suggests
Earthworms could have the potential to replace some high-cost mineral or synthetic fertilisers, suggests a new study.
By David Kearns / University College Dublin
Researchers at University...
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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...
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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?
It is evident that the effects of the project...
Sub-Committee for GRAP Directs Agencies to Take Dust Abatement Measures
The sub-committee for GRAP has undertaken a comprehensive review...
