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Covid-19 and water security in India: Magnifying inequities in an unequal world
Teaser: The "heal as one" narrative is a false one as the poorest are the most vulnerable to the disease. With Covid-19 spreading its wings across the world, the impact on quality of life and access to...
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FAQs: Faecal sludge and septage management
Teaser: There is a need to adopt safe practices in collection, transport, treatment of septage and faecal waste, and appropriate options in disposal or safe reuse of treated black water.This primer...
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Covid-19: Oxfam India responding with relief in 14 states
Teaser: Oxfam India along with its partners is striving to broaden its humanitarian relief response to fight coronavirus.In the last one week of starting its humanitarian relief response to fight...
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Covid-19: The road back home
Teaser: A rapid study highlights the plight of homebound migrant workers of Mirzapur and Prayagraj districts of Uttar Pradesh after Lockdown 1.0Raj Kumar, 32, a daily wager employed at a factory in...
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MGNREGA gets additional Rs. 40,000 crore funds
Teaser: Policy matters this weekAdditional Rs 40,000 crore allocated to MGNREGAIn a bid to provide work to migrants returning from cities to villages, the Finance Ministry has provided an additional Rs...
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Impact of climate change on river basins in India
Teaser: Climate change impact, adaptation and vulnerability assessment no longer a speculative, academic endeavor. India has many reasons to be concerned about climate change. Its large population...
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Technology to build knowledge and capacities beyond COVID
Teaser: The time has come to utilize technology to build resilience of communities by training them to strive for better livelihood opportunities where they want to. The COVID-19 crisis has brought the...
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Flushing away Covid-19, the Mumbai way!
Teaser: While Mumbai slums have emerged as Covid-19 hotspots, Triratna Prerna Mandal (TPM) is moving ahead with conviction, to tackle the sanitation situation and ‘flush the virus’!Slums, fast growing...
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Covid-19 threatens to worsen India's water crisis
Teaser: Regulations for water use, innovation for treating antimicrobial resistance and monitoring of infected plastic leakage needs to be prioritised to curtail the water crisis.While the world has...
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Be wise, water wise - Students get on a mission to combat water crisis
Teaser: An initiative by the students of Oasis International School, Bengaluru, focuses on water conservation and management, while also developing universal values like empathy, gratitude, love and...
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Menstrual hygiene needs, in times of Covid-19
Teaser: While women in India suffer in silence during menstruation, Red is the New Green helps women cope with dignity, even more in times of Covid-19Deane De Menezes is the founder of Red is the New...
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5-star rating for garbage free-cities to Navi Mumbai, Rajkot, Indore
Teaser: Policy matters this weekSwachh Survekshan for urban India: Navi Mumbai, Rajkot, Indore among the topCentre has announced the performance of cities under the Star Rating Protocol, which is part...
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Cyclone Amphan wreaks havoc in West Bengal
Teaser: News this weekCyclone Amphan causes widespread destruction in West BengalThe strongest cyclone since 1982, Cyclone Amphan has caused severe destruction in southern districts of West Bengal,...
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Lockdown puts citymakers at risk
Teaser: The forced exodus of the migrants who built our cities indicates how they were shortchanged on every front. Suddenly thrown out of work by a nationwide lockdown, the migrants who built our...
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Groundwater depletion in Punjab: Time for a major policy overhaul
Teaser: The time for quick fixes is over; a comprehensive policy overhaul is urgently needed to impede the juggernaut of Punjab's groundwater depletion.Punjab, a small state in northwest India, derives...
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Elected women leaders of gram panchayats: Critical roles in Covid-19 response
Teaser: Women leaders of gram panchayats have ideated and executed solutions innovatively and instinctively on dealing with Covid-19 pandemic.Radha Devi, the sarpanch of Bhadsiya, Nagaur tehsil,...
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Meeting to pay tribute to Prof. A. Vaidyanathan
Water Conflict Forum and SOPPECOM invite you to the meeting “Remembering Prof. A. Vaidyanathan”.Prof. A. Vaidyanathan, fondly called Vaidy by his close friends, passed away on 10th June. He was a...
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Draft EIA 2020 Notification- A critical review
Teaser: A statement that carries out a detailed and critical review of the extant EIA governance system since 1994 in the country, with a specific reference to the draft EIA 2020 notification. The...
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Flood threat looms amid Covid-19 in Bihar
Teaser: Can Bihar deal with the double whammy of Covid-19 and the annual floods?Bihar’s annual floods are right around the corner and there is a fear that the flood hazard will collide with the...
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India to have more rains, floods and warm days in the coming century: Report
Teaser: News this weekIndia's first climate change assessment report warns of heavy rains, more floods and warmers daysAccording to the report titled 'Climate change assessment over Indian region', the...
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