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  • India's composite score improves in SDG index with major success in water and sanitation
    Sustainable development goals index 2019-20: India's composite score improvesThe list of states that have topped in the sustainable development goals index 2019-20 are Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. Also, the index revealed that Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim h...
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  • India has most pollution-related deaths in the world
    India leads the world in pollution-linked deaths: StudyAccording to a report by the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP), India and China led in the number of deaths linked to pollution, with about 2.3 million and 1.8 million respectively, followed by Nigeria, Indonesia and Pakistan. ...
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  • Locals reject social impact assessment report of Luhri II hydropower project
    Locals say impact assessment report does not accurately represent the real impact of Luhri II hydropower project Calling the Luhri II Hydropower Project a farce, residents of Nanj village in Karsog have rejected the Social Impact Assessment (SIA) report prepared as part of the rules preceding ...
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  • Cyclone Bulbul devastates West Bengal and Odisha
    Cyclone Bulbul causes devastation in West Bengal and Odisha Hitting the coast of India and Bangladesh on November 9th, the deadly Cyclone Bulbul has claimed twenty lives, displaced two million people and destroyed houses in West Bengal and Bangladesh. The storm brought torrential rains and strong w...
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  • 13th Annual Global Water Alliance Conference 2020
    About the conference: The thirteenth annual Global Water Alliance Conference is organized jointly with Rural Development Forum, The Institution Of Engineers (India) in partnership with Indian Institute Of Engineering Science And Technology, Shibpur on the theme of “Achieving Water, Sanitation And...
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  • Monsoon withdrawal delayed; more extreme weather events the new trend
    Monsoon’s withdrawal likely to begin around October 10: IMD As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), although the southwest monsoon officially ends on September 30th, the monsoon’s withdrawal is likely to begin only around October 10th - the most delayed withdrawal since 1961 (October ...
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  • Greening new pastures for green investments
    New Delhi Large-scale mobilisation of green capital for investment and innovation in low-carbon energy solutions is the main holdout against a clean energy transition in emerging economies, according to an independent study released today by the CEEW Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-CEF). More than ...
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  • Manual scavenging is inhumane: SC
    Supreme Court question authorities on why manual scavenging still prevails Taking note of four to five deaths every month due to manual scavenging, the Supreme Court came down heavily on the government for failing to provide protective gear to people engaged in manual scavenging and cleaning of sew...
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  • Aerosols increase drought severity over the Indian subcontinent
    Pune, September 05 (India Science Wire): A team of atmospheric scientists from India, USA and Canada have found that aerosols in the atmosphere can increase the severity of droughts over the Indian subcontinent by as much as 17 per cent during El Nino years. The team led by Dr. Suvarna S. Fadnavis...
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  • India to restore 5 million hectares of degraded land by 2030
    Ahead of UNCCD COP14 in Delhi this week, India pledges to restore 5 million hectares of degraded land by 2030 For the first time, India is hosting the 14th Conference of Parties (COP 14) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) from September 2nd to the 13th in New Delhi.&...
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  • Hydropower in the Himalayas: Potential and risks
    Worldwide, the demand for energy has risen significantly and quickly, leading to serious impacts on environmental sustainability and hindering global efforts to mitigate climate change. Hydropower, a leading renewable option has the additional benefits of water storage for agriculture and other uses...
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  • Jal Shakti Abhiyan hits ground rolling as India ranks 13th most water-stressed country in the world
     Over 3.5 lakh water conservation measures taken up in a single month as nationwide Jal Shakti Abhiyan hits ground In a countrywide effort to enhance water security, especially in water stressed districts, the Centre initiated Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) has reported over 3.5 lakh water conservat...
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  • Global freshwater fish species under grave threat: IUCN
    Alarming decline in global freshwater fish species: IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Red List reports an alarming decline in global freshwater fish species. Over half of Japan’s endemic freshwater fishes and more than a third of freshwater fish in Mexico are faci...
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  • Tibetan rivers and impending water crisis in India
    Apart from the Brahmputra, there are three rivers flowing from Tibet to India. China is already diverting water from Brahmputra. But how will China's control over the other three rivers affect the northwestern states of India?
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  • Revolutionising coastal monitoring, one social media photo at a time
    A citizen science project led by UNSW engineers in Sydney, Australia is leveraging thousands of crowd-sourced photos from social media, helping create new insights into how beaches respond to changing weather and wave conditions, and extreme storms – and now a new study has shown the program to be...
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  • Drought advisory issued to western and southern states
    Centre issues drought advisory to six states Taking note of water levels dipping in dams to a critical level, the Centre has issued a drought advisory to Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu. The advisory recommends the states to use water for drinking purpose o...
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  • Cyclone Fani ravages Odisha's ecological hotspots
    Odisha's ecological hotspots severely affected by cyclone Cyclone Fani that battered the state on May 3 has left two of Odisha's ecological hotspots-- Lake Chilka and Balukhand-Konark wildlife sanctuary--in a crisis. The Chilika lake, which had two mouths earlier, has two more now due to wave energ...
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  • Only 37 percent of world’s long rivers free flowing
    A little over a third of the world's 246 long rivers remain free-flowing, as per a study by a team of 34 international researchers, including those from McGill University in Canada and World Wildlife Fund India. The study, which assessed the connectivity status of 12 million kilometres of rivers wor...
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  • Call For Entries: 7th Woodpecker International Film Festival 2019
    Call For Entries - 2019 Film Categories: Environmental Challenges, Terrorism, Crime & Violence, Art & Culture, Food & Travel, Forest & Wildlife, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Children Films, Films on Corporate Social Responsibility, Films on Disability, Films on North East, Livelihoo...
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  • Cyclone Fani hits Odisha, 35 dead
    Cyclone Fani, strongest to hit India in 20 years, causes widespread destruction in Odisha Cyclone Fani, that made its landfall in Odisha on May 4, has caused widespread destruction in the coastal parts of the state, with Puri being the worst hit. The death toll has risen to 35 in the state and seve...
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Sustainable development goals index 2019-20: India's composite score improves

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India leads the world in pollution-linked deaths: Study
According to a report by the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP), India and China led in the number of deaths linked to pollution, with about 2.3 million and 1.8 million respectively, followed by Nigeria, Indonesia and Pakistan.

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Locals say impact assessment report does not accurately represent the real impact of Luhri II hydropower project

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Cyclone Bulbul causes devastation in West Bengal and Odisha

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About the conference:

The thirteenth annual Global Water Alliance Conference is organized jointly with Rural Development Forum, The Institution Of Engineers (India) in partnership with Indian Institute Of Engineering Science And Technology, Shibpur on the theme of “Achieving Water, Sanitation And Hygiene (Wash) Sustainability Goals For Developing Countries” on January 4-7, 2020, Kolkata, India. 

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January 4, 2020 9:00AM - January 7, 2020 6:00PM

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Monsoon’s withdrawal likely to begin around October 10: IMD

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Posted Date : Tue, 2019-10-01 16:05
Green capital at scale urgently needed for the energy transition and climate action in emerging economies - CEEW Centre for Energy Finance

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Supreme Court question authorities on why manual scavenging still prevails

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Posted Date : Tue, 2019-09-10 12:24
Study finds aerosols - suspended fine solid or liquid matter in the atmosphere - are adding to El Nino, which already deters the Indian monsoon.

Pune, September 05 (India Science Wire): A team of atmospheric scientists from India, USA and Canada have found that aerosols in the atmosphere can increase the severity of droughts over the Indian subcontinent by as much as 17 per cent during El Nino years.

The team led by Dr. Suvarna S. Fadnavis of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune has reported this in a new study published in Scientific Reports.

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Ahead of UNCCD COP14 in Delhi this week, India pledges to restore 5 million hectares of degraded land by 2030

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