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India is all set to lay out another template for other countries on securing water security by integrating fragmented institutions. Comment.

Modi government has made it clear that water security is everyone�s business. The Central government has asked all the state governments to give top priority to the subject...

February 22, 2023

What are Green Crackers? How they can contribute in reducing pollution levels?

The pollution levels especially in the urban witness a glaring spike during Diwali due to the practice of bursting of crackers. Often there are demands to impose a...

February 22, 2023

Waste to Wealth strategy is what will help in dealing with plastic waste efficiently. Discuss some of innovations for recycling plastics.

As per the Ministry of Environment, only about 60 per cent of the plastic wastes get recycled and the rest gets dumped in landfills, clogs drains, goes into...

February 21, 2023

How the Paani Bachao, Paise Kamao of Punjab checks depletion of underground water?

The new experiment-based approach of the Nobel laureates has “transformed development economics”. The imprints of this approach can be seen in the incentive scheme ‘Paani Bachao, Paise Kamao’...

February 20, 2023

The water crisis in Tamil Nadu shows that there is a lot to learn about rainwater harvesting from our ancestors. Comment.

Water is a gift of nature and no human hand should be able to turn it into a curse like what has shaped up in Tamil Nadu as...

February 19, 2023

What is a heat wave? Enumerate the ill effects of a heat wave on living things.

A Heat Wave is a period of abnormally high temperatures, more than the normal maximum temperature. It occurs during the summer season in the North-Western parts of India....

February 19, 2023

What is Agroecology? Is Agroecology facing threats from the powerful elite lobby?

Agroecology refers to the application of ecological principles to agricultural systems and practices. Agroecology is not associated with any one particular method of farming, whether it be organic,...

February 18, 2023

Why people of Wayanad are protesting closure of Kerala-Karnataka highway through Bandipur Tiger Reserve?

Wayanad district of Kerala is witnessing series of protests against a ban on night traffic on the forest stretch of NH 766. NH 766 is a key highway...

February 11, 2023

How the Graded Response Action Plan responds to tackle the pollution emergencies?

The Graded Response Action Plan is already been in effect for two years in the National Capital Region (NCR). The plan formulated by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and...

February 9, 2023

UN Climate Change meet could provide industry a roadmap for low carbon growth. Comment.

India may join any coalition but it will be helpful for the country to think in terms of sectors for a long-term national growth strategy on low carbon....

February 8, 2023

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