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'Village forests have been pitted against community rights'
Village forests have been pitted against community rights
The proposed amendment of IFA is an attempt to keep power in the hands of the forest …
April 23, 2019
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General Elections 2019

Mahanadi: Neither an election issue, nor a developmental one

Mahanadi river
The dying river is marred with pollution and irrigation issues and yet it hasn’t made …
April 22, 2019
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Waste

Is the ODF status for Kanpur a myth?
Photo: Wikimedia Commons
From shortage of toilets to age-old habits, Kanpur throws up a contradictory picture
April 23, 2019
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Agriculture

Himachal apple growers left high and dry as commission agents dupe them
The apple farmers at a protest. Photo: Rajeev Khanna
The farmers are organising themselves to press for a key law supposed to protect them, to …
April 23, 2019
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GENERAL ELECTIONS 2019

General Elections 2019
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Green may be the colour of the winning agenda this Lok Sabha polls

Whosoever wins General Elections 2019 must make environment as the top governance priority
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Democratic choice held hostage to cash: A tale of Odisha's urban poor
Lok Sabha Elections 2019
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Bengal's tea belt: 3 lakh voters, but nobody cares about elections
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Political tension doesn’t leave any spotlight for green issues in J&K
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Development news, polarisation and social media in times of Lok Sabha polls

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Pollution

There will be more plastic than fishes in oceans by 2050

Instrument meant to survey plankton population accidentally records amount of plastics in the oceans

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सुंदरवन के पास वन कर्मचारियों पर हमला, चार घायल
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वन कर्मचारियों पर हमला तब हुआ, जब वे बाघ की मौत के मामले में नामजद एक आरोपी को पकड़ने गए थे 
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समावेशी विकास की ओर जाना होगा

सरकार अर्थव्यवस्था को औपचारिक रूप देने के लिए जितना काम करती है, परिस्थितियां लोगों को गैरकानूनी और अनौपचारिक व्यापार अपनाने को उतना मजबूर करती हैं 

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Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Editor of Down To Earth magazine. She is an environmentalist who pushes for changes in policies, practices and mindsets

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Aravallis: How mining wreaked havoc on the mountain range

April 16, 2019
Here’s all about how humans ravaged the 2.5 billion years old mountain range in just …
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Heat wave: Phenomenon, predictions and precautions

April 15, 2019
From what the IMD has to say, to areas that are already under the extreme weather event&…
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General Elections: All you need to know to be an environmentally informed voter

April 15, 2019
As India goes to polls, here’s all the knowledge you need about environment and …

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