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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/waste/how-abandoned-frp-boats-are-hurting-indias-fishers</loc>
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<news:title>How abandoned FRP boats are hurting India’s fishers</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/gobar-times-all-about-farmer-producer-organisations</loc>
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<news:title>Gobar Times: All about Farmer Producer Organisations
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<news:title>Nearly a third of STPs discharge untreated sewage into Ganga in Uttarakhand despite Rs 1,000 crore spend: CAG report</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/village-near-mussoorie-erects-barriers-and-removes-sale-boards-to-protect-forest-land-amid-encroachment-concerns</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-18T08:20:29.607Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Village near Mussoorie erects barriers and removes sale boards to protect forest land amid encroachment concerns</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/when-bonds-break-chimpanzee-civil-war-challenges-assumptions-about-how-wars-begin-researchers-say</loc>
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<news:title>When bonds break: Chimpanzee ‘civil war’ challenges assumptions about how wars begin, researchers say</news:title>
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