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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)
656EnvironmentWho 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)
633EnvironmentIncreased 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)
586World 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,...
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1.0KShowbizFrom Clothline, to cover of GQ Mag, Anushka Sharma makes an Impact
Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma besides having big films in her kitty with big stars is making waves of the screen too. After...
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1.0KFormula 1Consistent Lewis Hamilton closing in on yet another F1 title
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix, taking a major step toward winning another Formula One title. According to AP...
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955BadmintonPBL Auction : Saina stays with Awadhe Warrors, Sindhu with Chennai Smashers
Top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal were retained by their respective franchises at the players auction of the Premier Badminton...
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692ShowbizWatch : The Spectacular Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmavati’ Trailer
The first preview of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much-awaited magnum opus received high praise both by the Bollywood fraternity and social media for...
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660UncategorizedVirat Kolhi’s men keen to wrap up T20 series against listless Aussies
Team India would be aiming to wrap up another series win when they take on a faltering Australia in the second Twenty20...
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649Business2017 Nobel Prize for Economics goes to US Economist Richard Thaler
The 2017 Nobel Economics Prize has gone to US economist Richard Thaler for his contributions in the field of behavioural economics, the...
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620NationalHC commutes death sentence of 11 to life in the Godhra train burning case
The Gujarat High Court commuted death sentences to rigorous life imprisonment for 11 convicts in the in- famous 2002 Godhra train coach...
