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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/water/simply-put-water-crisis</loc>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/recommendations-for-the-week-3</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Embargo is the inside story of the 1973-74 oil crisis that made the world]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/food/forest-beneath-a-forest-what-jharkhands-prized-rugda-mushroom-reveals-about-life-underground</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A tribal couple harvests rugda mushrooms from a sal forest in the state's Khunti district]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A local market in Jharkhand's Ranchi district, where rugda is a prized monsoon mushroom that sells for Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,000 per kilogramme ]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/develop-a-single-index-for-low-pressure-systems</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Govindasamy Bala, a professor at the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Açaí cream bowl. Native to Brazil’s Amazon region, the açaí berry contains anthocyanins and other flavonoids, plant compounds associated with antioxidant activity, and is widely regarded as a superfood]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[  Jamun, often gathered from forest regions, offers considerable potential for India’s food-processing industry while creating livelihood opportunities for local communities]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Açaí is vital to the livelihoods of many Amazonian families, but harvesting the fruit from tall, slender palms is difficult to mechanise. Pickers therefore rely on the physically demanding practice of climbing the trees to gather the berries]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/soil-is-the-next-gold</loc>
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