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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Illustration: Yogendra Anand]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The highway connecting Tamlu with Mon and other parts of Longleng districts destroyed by a landslide.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Members of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities caucuses protest outside the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, demanding inclusion in decision-making processes during the meeting  ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Farmers in Sidpur village of Devbhumi Dwarka district say check dams have proved ineffective in improving the water table as the wells in their fields have run dry ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Residents of Patalbagh village in Pampore tehsil observe the landfill that has sprung near their saffron farms since 2022]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A hamlet of 11 houses in lower Nunaresh.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Dewas' former district collector Umakant Umrao (extreme left) with the farmers of Kharda village]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Kabbu Devi of Aati village in Rajasthan’s Barmer district has been honoured by the state government for weaving a muffler made from bhambhuriya, a type of silk obtained from the aak  plant]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII, after his first tiger hunt in India in 1921.]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/last-threads-of-aak-saving-a-desert-tradition</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Kabbu Devi of Aati village in Rajasthan’s Barmer district has been honoured by the state government for weaving a muffler made from bhambhuriya, a type of silk obtained from the aak  plant]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-01T11:26:50.471Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/156-billion-hectares-10-of-worlds-land-and-nearly-52-times-the-size-of-india-degraded-un</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Burning forest.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-01T10:47:19.431Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/about-20-per-cent-cbg-blending-could-make-cng-carbon-neutral-on-life-cycle-basis-study</loc>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/science-technology/the-new-open-source-software-revolution</loc>
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<lastmod>2026-10-01T10:37:22.704Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/transition-20-indias-next-energy-challenge-is-storage</loc>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/how-india-must-plug-its-leachate-problem</loc>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/why-himalayas-are-caught-off-guard-during-floods</loc>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/food/indias-next-big-public-health-tool-could-fit-on-a-food-packet</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Photo for representation.]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-01T09:43:28.641Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/water/how-ponds-brought-prosperity-in-madhya-pradeshs-dewas</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Pope Singh of Nipania village, Dewas, says he sells more than 50 tonnes of fish, worth around Rs 1 crore, every alternate year]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Dewas' former district collector Umakant Umrao (extreme left) with the farmers of Kharda village]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-01T09:36:43.570Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/simply-put-permission-for-dissent</loc>
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<lastmod>2026-10-01T08:41:28.865Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/water/global-drought-framework-stalled-as-impacts-worsen</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Members of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities caucuses protest outside the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, demanding inclusion in decision-making processes during the meeting  ]]></image:caption>
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<lastmod>2026-10-01T08:35:15.667Z</lastmod>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/daily-weather-tracker-monsoon-retreat-gathers-pace-as-south-and-northeast-brace-for-heavy-rain</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Northeast is expected to remain active as a weakened low-pressure area and its associated circulation continue to influence weather conditions.]]></image:caption>
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