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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/western-coast-to-get-wetter-and-hotter-reduced-monsoon-rainfall-over-coastal-odisha-and-west-bengal-by-2040-warns-a-new-study</loc>
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<image:caption>Photo for representation.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Projections for Southwest Monsoon.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Projections for summer maximum temperature.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Projections for Northeast monsoon.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-01T06:59:10.974Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Western coast to get wetter and hotter; reduced monsoon rainfall over coastal Odisha and West Bengal by 2040, warns a new study </news:title>
<news:keywords>Climate Change, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, West Bengal, Kutch, Coastal Odisha, Western Coast, Eastern Coast</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/health/nfhs-6-madhya-pradeshs-development-gains-hide-deep-child-nutrition-crisis-one-in-three-children-is-still-stunted</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-01T06:29:25.283Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>NFHS-6: Madhya Pradesh’s development gains hide deep child nutrition crisis, one in three children is still stunted</news:title>
<news:keywords>Health, Governance, public health, Madhya Pradesh, Stunting, Wasting, Maternal Health, Child malnutrition, NFHS-6, Underweight children, Rural-urban divide, Nutrition crisis</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/a-dangerous-dambuilding-race-is-threatening-south-asias-shared-rivers</loc>
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<image:caption>River Padma, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Photo for representation.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-01T06:16:37.437Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>A dangerous dam‑building race is threatening South Asia’s shared rivers</news:title>
<news:keywords>Environment, south asia, River, Bangladesh, Dam, Padma Barrage, River Padma</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/africa/why-africa-and-the-world-remain-dangerously-unprepared-for-the-next-pandemic</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-06-01T04:17:50.274Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Why Africa — and the world — remain dangerously unprepared for the next pandemic</news:title>
<news:keywords>Africa, Health, covid-19, The World Health Organization (WHO), pandemic, ebola, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/eight-dead-17-on-the-way-to-recovery-as-tick-infection-spreads-among-worlds-only-asiatic-lion-population</loc>
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<image:caption>A male Asiatic lion in Gir.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-31T06:29:17.527Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Eight dead, 17 on the way to recovery as tick infection spreads among world’s only Asiatic lion population</news:title>
<news:keywords>Wildlife &amp; Biodiversity, Gujarat, Asiatic lions, Gir Asiatic lions, Gir lions, SAURASHTRA, Junagadh, GIR, Kathiawar</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/health/indias-first-elderly-department-in-kerala-will-address-a-crisis-rest-of-country-has-not-recognised-yet</loc>
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<image:caption>Karthyayani, an elderly woman from Muthalamada in Palakkad.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-05-31T04:05:36.175Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>India’s first elderly department in Kerala will address a crisis rest of country has not recognised yet</news:title>
<news:keywords>Health, Governance, Migration, Elderly, Ageing, Ageing population, Kerala, senior citizens, Japan, remittances</news:keywords>
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