interviews

`We are teetering at the edge of a new era'
Natural Disasters
`We are teetering at the edge of a new era'

It is very hard to understand why we do not seem to grasp the immensity and urgency of climate change that is already unfolding around us, says Amitav Ghosh in an interview with S S Jeevan
July 18, 2016
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'Himalayan region will have earthquakes greater than magnitude 8 in the future'
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'Himalayan region will have earthquakes greater than magnitude 8 in the future'
Flash floods are man-made
Natural Disasters

Flash floods are man-made
Effluent treatment plants have not proved effective
Natural Disasters

Effluent treatment plants have not proved effective
Johan von Schreeb on humanitarian aid
Natural Disasters

Johan von Schreeb on humanitarian aid

Johan Von Schreeb, a surgeon who has worked for the group Medicins Sans Frontieres, is a public health scholar with the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. His recently published PhD thesis enquired into humanitarian health assistance in countries affected by disasters. He tells Vibha Varshney why such assistance has often failed to meet the real needs of people.
January 15, 2008
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