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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/air/delhis-new-pollution-rules-what-changes-from-october-and-november</loc>
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<news:title>Delhi’s new pollution rules: What changes from October and November?</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/health/plague-scare-in-siberias-irkutsk-after-lab-worker-dies-200-placed-under-medical-observation</loc>
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<image:caption>A map of Russia showing Irkutsk near the Mongolian border.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-05T05:58:40.835Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Plague scare in Siberia’s Irkutsk after lab worker dies, 200 placed under medical observation</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/recommendations-for-the-week</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-03T09:09:40.455Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Recommendations for the week</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/simply-put-new-species-discovered</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-03T09:07:01.552Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Simply Put: New species discovered</news:title>
<news:keywords>Wildlife &amp; Biodiversity</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/the-core-the-fringe-and-everything-in-between</loc>
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<image:caption>Wildlife conservation policies have pushed the tribal communities out of the core and buffer zones.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-03T09:02:30.303Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>The core, the fringe and everything in between</news:title>
<news:keywords>Forests, elephants, tribal, Kodagu, Lantana, Jenu Kuruba, Forest community</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/natural-disasters/indias-glof-threat-is-growing-so-must-its-resilience</loc>
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<image:caption>A home next to the Teesta River that destroyed by a flash flood during GLOF 2023.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-03T09:01:43.896Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>India’s GLOF threat is growing. So must its resilience</news:title>
<news:keywords>Natural Disasters</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/the-living-canvas</loc>
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<image:caption>Medium uses cow-dung water, neem gum, extracts from beetroot, moringa leaves and charcoal; frame pasted with animal gum</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Medium uses cow-dung water, neem gum, extracts from turmeric rhizome, neelamari (Indigofera tinctoria) leaves, coconut shell, red amaranthus and charcoal; the frame is assembled with animal gum</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Medium uses cow-dung water, neem gum, extract from bark of the karingali tree (Acacia catechu) and guava tree leaves, and charcoal; the frame is pasted with animal gum</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Medium uses cow-dung water, neem gum, extracts from kaduka fruit (Terminalia chebula), coconut shell and guava leaves, and charcoal; the frame is assembled with animal gum</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-03T09:00:17.372Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>The living canvas</news:title>
<news:keywords>Environment</news:keywords>
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