Impact News India
Environment
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2.9KPichavaram: The Aquamarine Charm of Tamil Nadu
By Rituparna Borah The sight of a family of seals staring back at me, through the patchy openings of a thick mangrove...
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754No construction within 100m of Ganga between Haridwar and Unnao : NGT
A 100-metre area on either side of Ganga between Haridwar and Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) will be a “no-construction, no-development zone”, the National...
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569Kaziranga National Park inundated, animals being shifted to safe spots
Incessant rain in Assam has left large parts of Kaziranaga National Park submerged in water. According to a forest official, more than...
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609Confronting the Himalayan Environmental Crisis
The last 12 months have marked significant progress in global renewable energy development, but the world’s most critical region is...
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684The Dilemma of Rights to Nature
As the central and provincial governments wash their hands off the idea of implementing the rights of rivers as legal entities in...
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1.0KWater-based Transport: Perils and Possibilities
Practical and policy difficulties have led to the limited growth of inland waterway transport in India over the past decade, but transport...
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673Trump bids goodbye to Paris agreement
US President Donald Trump has made his expected announcement pulling his country out of the Paris climate agreement. He also said the...
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1.0KWoman-led Company Wins Award for Lighting up Nepal
CEO Mina Mahato in her shop in Pratapur, Kailali district, Nepal (Image from Ashden) A women-led clean energy initiative has won...
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937Water Woes in India: Water level of 91 Reservoirs Plunges to 20% of their Capacity
As summer peaks in India, the water level of 91 major reservoirs goes down by one per cent. According to the official...
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800IMD predicts better monsoon in revised forecast for 2017
The monsoon is likely to be better than earlier expected, according to the Met department which revised its initial forecast today, upgrading...
