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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/simply-put-village-and-the-city</loc>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/water/decentralised-water-conservation-structures-are-critical-for-india-not-as-substitutes-but-as-complements-to-large-irrigation-systems</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A small ‘johad’ in Laporiya village, Rajasthan.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/rural-indias-energy-crisis-in-mandlas-forest-villages-mud-stove-still-burns-strong</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sonu Parte and his brother in their house.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Shakuntala Pandro and her husband have a monthly income of Rs 3,000-4,000, rendering LPG cylinders unaffordable.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Daily meals at Chaugan village resident Sonu Parte’s home are cooked on a traditional mud chulha, fuelled by firewood, farm residue and dung cakes.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-04-20T09:48:17.036Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/msp-in-india-its-not-just-about-price</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A ‘mandi’ or wholesale market.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-04-20T09:27:55.515Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/vanishing-shadows-why-conserving-the-himalayan-wolf-in-kashmir-is-crucial-for-ecosystem-balance</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A pair of wolves in Sonamarg.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ In Pahalgam, a wolf moves calmly across high-slope scrub under the weak winter sun.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-04-20T08:49:02.769Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/science-technology/rethinking-the-report-card-b-schools-must-reimagine-assessment-in-the-age-of-ai</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ IIM Ahmedabad.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-04-20T07:42:03.585Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/conservation-must-protect-its-most-proactive-stakeholder-tribals</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Woman from the Kutia tribe in the Odisha region of India, resting at the door of her house.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-04-20T06:58:20.394Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/madagascars-ancient-baobabs-store-700-years-of-climate-secrets-what-they-reveal</loc>
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<lastmod>2026-04-20T06:45:28.991Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/when-snow-quietly-blooms</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Snowdrops.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-04-20T04:49:55.654Z</lastmod>
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