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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/as-nepal-reels-from-rasuwa-tragedy-a-film-on-one-of-its-greatest-heroes-is-all-set-to-make-its-celluloid-debut</loc>
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<image:caption>Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A poster of the film.</image:caption>
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<news:title>As Nepal reels from Rasuwa tragedy, a film on one of its greatest heroes is all set to make its celluloid debut</news:title>
<news:keywords>Environment, himalayas, Mount Everest, Edmund Hillary, Tenzing, Tenzing Norgay</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/two-recent-fatal-tiger-attacks-in-gudalur-highlight-the-broken-landscape-of-the-nilgiris</loc>
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<image:caption>People living in fear of tiger attacks in O’ Valley.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-06T07:33:39.104Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Two recent fatal tiger attacks in Gudalur highlight the broken landscape of the Nilgiris</news:title>
<news:keywords>Wildlife &amp; Biodiversity, Tamil Nadu, Tiger, Human-wildlife conflict, Nilgiris, Gudalur, tiger attack</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/africa/conflict-and-climate-disasters-fuelled-62-million-displacements-across-eastern-africa-in-2025-report</loc>
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<image:caption>Precipitation weather map of heavy rain in Sudan on September 12, 2025, which caused floods. Sudan recorded 2,677,298 displaced people, representing about 43 per cent of the regional total.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-06T06:19:44.732Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Conflict and climate disasters fuelled 6.2 million displacements across Eastern Africa in 2025: Report</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/why-a-new-study-on-everests-human-footprint-feels-personal-to-me</loc>
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<image:caption>Part of Khumbu Glacier in author’s background.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-09-06/8415vro5/Trekkers-near-Khumbu-Glacier-preceded-by-a-train-of-yaks-and-mulesPhoto-by-Athar-Parvaiz.JPG</image:loc>
<image:caption>Trekkers near the Khumbu Glacier preceded by a train of yaks and mules.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-09-06/l0qownkk/A-tented-settlement-sprawls-on-a-part-of-the-Khumbu-glacier-at-Everest-Base-CampPhoto-by-Athar-Parvaiz.JPG</image:loc>
<image:caption>A tented settlement sprawls on a part of the Khumbu Glacier at Everest Base Camp.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-06T05:15:45.186Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Why a new study on Everest’s human footprint feels personal to me</news:title>
<news:keywords>Climate Change, himalayas, Mount Everest, Mount Everest region, Khumbu Glacier</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/has-the-iran-war-been-a-setback-for-greener-steelmaking</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-09-06/et6vbqi5/Pig-Iron.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Blast furnace slag and pig iron tapping. Molten metal and slag are poured into a ladle.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-06T03:56:02.350Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Has the Iran war been a setback for greener steelmaking?</news:title>
<news:keywords>Climate Change, Energy, Economy, Environment, Iron, Iron And Steel Industry, Steel, Iran, coal gasification, iron and steel, Israel-Iran War, Israel-Iran War 2026</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/africa/gerardus-mercators-map-is-effectively-consigned-to-history-as-un-votes-to-stop-making-africa-look-cartographically-small</loc>
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<image:caption>Mercator projection of the world between 85°S and 85°N.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-09-05/8jl2dn1j/World-Map.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>A world map made according to the 1963 Robinson Projection, where Africa looks its actual size.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T11:29:28.925Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Gerardus Mercator’s map is effectively consigned to history as UN votes to stop making Africa ‘look cartographically small’</news:title>
<news:keywords>Africa, Science &amp; Technology, Africa, United States, United Nations, Maps, Gerardus Mercator, Mercator Projection, Cartography</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/daily-weather-tracker-low-pressure-system-triggers-heavy-rain-across-central-and-northern-india</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T09:52:51.107Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Daily weather tracker: Low-pressure system triggers heavy rain across Central and Northern India</news:title>
<news:keywords>Climate Change, Southwest monsoon, Central India, Northern India, India Meteorological Department (IMD), Daily Weather Tracker, Southwest Monsoon 2026</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/major-loss-to-indian-climate-science-scientific-community-civil-society-mourn-demise-of-krishna-achutarao</loc>
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<image:caption>Krishna AchutaRao</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T09:00:33.302Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>‘Major loss to Indian climate science’: Scientific community, civil society mourn demise of Krishna AchutaRao</news:title>
<news:keywords>Climate Change, Science &amp; Technology, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, Extreme weather, IIT Delhi, Anjal Prakash, Krishna Achutarao, Attribution science, Roxy Mathew Koll, Harjeet Singh</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/natural-disasters/two-years-two-floods-a-vulnerable-himalayan-corridor-faces-growing-risk</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-09-05/cbxkbhgr/Langtang-National-Park.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Langtang National Park.</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-09-05/vvavlbf3/Nepal-Conceptual-Diagram.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>A conceptual diagram, showing two different cryospheric triggers: supraglacial lake drainage in 2025 and ice-rock avalanche and river blockage in 2026, which is converging on the same vulnerable Lhende–Bhotekoshi corridor.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T05:33:21.383Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Two years, two floods: A vulnerable Himalayan corridor faces growing risk</news:title>
<news:keywords>Natural Disasters, China, Nepal, tibet, Nepal-China border, Nepal-Tibet border, Lhende Khola, Nepal-Tibet floods, Bhotekoshi River</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/who-will-grow-indias-food-in-the-future</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-09-05/hhwq6z4w/Elderly-Farmer.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>A senior Pahari woman wearing a traditional headscarf (dhatu) harvests fresh green leafy vegetables (saag) growing between newly planted young apple trees on a terraced mountain farm in Himachal Pradesh.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T05:32:34.397Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Who will grow India’s food in the future? </news:title>
<news:keywords>Agriculture, Food, Farmers, Food Safety, ageing farmers, food availability, generational sustainability</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/urbanisation/the-geography-of-forgetting-can-guwahati-survive-its-own-growth</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-09-05/9o4zloo1/Guwahati-1.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>The statue of Bir Lachit Borphukan stands in the Brahmaputra, commemorating the Ahom general’s leadership at the Battle of Saraighat.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The Brahmaputra at dusk, with Umananda, the world’s smallest inhabited river island, in the distance.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T05:32:18.028Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>The geography of forgetting: Can Guwahati survive its own growth?</news:title>
<news:keywords>Urbanisation, Northeast India, Assam, Development, guwahati</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/food/fake-expiry-dates-on-packaged-food-and-front-of-pack-labelling</loc>
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<image:loc>https://cf-images.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-09-05/4tnfwy3f/Expiry-Dates-Changed.jpg</image:loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-05T05:32:01.898Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Fake expiry dates on packaged food and front of pack labelling</news:title>
<news:keywords>Food, Food Safety, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Food industry, front of pack labelling, processed and ultra-processed foods</news:keywords>
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