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285EnvironmentZeroing 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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334Environment
Is 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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250Environment
Who 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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268Environment
Increased 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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256World Watch
Land 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,...
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694Environment
Life in waterlogged cities
Mumbai’s streets turned to rivers last week as five inches of rain fell on the city in one day. Public transport was...
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364Environment
What’s causing so many changes to India’s monsoons?
By Raghu Murtugudde For the third year in a row, India’s monsoon season has produced floods in the northwest and the northeast,...
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428Books
Bharatiya Janata Party: From Temple Politics to Ram Rajya
As the 2017 Assembly Polls approach, the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to have realised that it would be prudent not to make...
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467Environment
Dam worsens flood devastation in Assam
By Mubina Akhtar In a relief camp on the Amtola embankment in the town of North Lakhimpur, Kulen Gogoi has been preparing...
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250Environment
China and India can help satisfy energy demands in green way : Erik Solheim
Erik Solheim, the executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme speaks to thethirdpole.net about energy access in China and India, and...
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![Kedarnath in the Himalayas after climate change induced landslides in 2013 [Image by Sanjay Semwa]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Kedarnath-shrine-floods-_0-e1507645784701.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
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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://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kashmir-1-e1507644669761.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![A Kashmiri man near a Budgam forest shows the degradation caused to forests over the past few decades [image by: Athar Parvaiz]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kashmir-1-e1507644669761.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![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://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Women-and-children-e1507630493899.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![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://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Women-and-children-e1507630493899.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
