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![The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley, (third from left) addressing a Post Budget Press Conference [image courtesy: PIB]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Jaitley-addressing-post-budget-session-PIB-1020x478-e1517930267895.jpg)
689EnvironmentEnvironment And Climate Change Gets Short Shrift in Union Budget 2018
Soumya Sarkar, Juhi Chaudhary & Sapna Gopal As the Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley rose in Parliament to present the last full...
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2.2KImpactAre The Rs 10 Coins Nothing But Publicity Tools?
Rahul works in a multinational. Every day, he commutes in the sharing autos. Frequently, he witnesses suspicion over coins especially ₹ 10...
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539EnvironmentJammu & Kashmir Hydro Project Cleared Without Site Visit
By Athar Parvaiz The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given a green signal to the 800 MW Bursar Hydroelectric Project...
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426EnvironmentDelhi Smog Reveals Global Failure To Deal With Climate Change
By Omair Ahmad From the beginning of COP23, the issue of loss and damage has cast a shadow over proceedings as developing...
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![The burning of crop residue in Punjab and Haryana is creating serious air pollution hazard over northern India [image by: Richardt Radek Larsen]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/BasketTTP-e1510384925691.jpg)
460EnvironmentFrom Bread Basket To Basket Case
Soumya Sarkar After degrading rich farmland through reckless use of chemical fertilisers and depleting aquifers by overusing groundwater – an outcome, ironically...
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![The planned scheme could slash NO2 levels in Oxford city centre [image by: Tejvan Pettinger]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/air-pollution-e1509782220622.jpg)
436EnvironmentZeroing in on air pollution
In India initiatives such as Delhi’s “odd-even policy” and the NITI Aayog’s aggressive push towards electric cars were seen as too...
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![Vehicles lined up near the newly-completed Giant Buddha stupa in Thimphu, Bhutan [Image: Dawa Gyelmo]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/P1050208-e1507738272993.jpg)
519EnvironmentIs India’s goods and services tax bad news for Bhutan’s environment?
The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan remained in isolation for centuries until 1961, when a road was completed connecting the country with...
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![Kedarnath in the Himalayas after climate change induced landslides in 2013 [Image by Sanjay Semwa]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Kedarnath-shrine-floods-_0-e1507645784701.jpg)
385EnvironmentWho should pay for damage associated with climate change – and who should be compensated?
Hurricanes in the Caribbean and deadly floods across South Asia have once again raised the issue of climate justice. The association between...
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![A Kashmiri man near a Budgam forest shows the degradation caused to forests over the past few decades [image by: Athar Parvaiz]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kashmir-1-e1507644669761.jpg)
400EnvironmentIncreased siltation raises Kashmir flood threat
Kashmir’s deforested hills have been the prime cause of the heavy siltation of its water bodies. This is now being aggravated by...
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![Women and children are the main sufferers of this huge crisis. Among the Rohingya refugees, 53% are women and girls, 4% are over 60 and 29% are under five. They are suffering from diarrhoea, malnutrition and pneumonia [image by: Zobaidur Rahman]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Women-and-children-e1507630493899.jpg)
382World WatchLand grab for projects fuels atrocities against the Rohingya
In the desperate scramble to flee military bullets, Rokeya Begum lost track of her husband. With her five children and elderly mother,...
