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India’s Smart Cities Mission Is A Smart Earner For Private Firms

It is monsoon season in India. This means heavy rains and as the climate crisis accelerates it can also mean…

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‘Tibet Is In A Critical Situation Under Chinese Regime’

A delegation of the Tibetan parliament in exile claimed on Saturday that under the Chinese regime, their country is in…

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Using Social Media Images To Better Respond To Disasters

A team of researchers trained an artificial intelligence tool using a million photos of disasters to recognise disasters and incidents…

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Tsunami Pushes Native Languages To The Brink

A devastating natural disaster 19 years ago has pushed the native language of a tiny island in the Bay of…

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Women’s Football Closing The Gap, But It’s Not All Down To FIFA

In the 92nd minute of South Africa’s drawn FIFA Women’s World Cup match against football giant Italy, striker Hilda Magaia…

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‘Govt Is Using G20 To Run Election Campaign’: Congress

On Saturday, the opposition Congress accused the government of running an "election campaign" by using the upcoming G20 meeting in…

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Stubble Burning Damages Soil Fertility, Impacts Environment In MP

Farmers of Madhya Pradesh’s Narmadapuram (previously Hoshangabad) district were expecting a good produce of wheat crop this year. But they…

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How Climate Change Is Killing Languages

On 2 May 2023, Pauline Stensgar, of Keller, Washington State, died at the age of 96. Her language died with…

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Himachal Landslides: Myopia, Greed Has Led To Current Situation

The shocking visuals are back. In July, it was vehicles bobbing away in turbulent river waters and roads being eroded…

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Living With Microplastics, Is Not Fantastic

Microplastics are less than 5 mm in size – the size of two grains of sand or even less. Studies…

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On Bumpy Road To Net Zero, Trucks Shift Gear To Reduce Emissions

Anjar Ahmed, a truck driver in his fifties, recently embarked on a journey from Dispur in Assam to deliver tiles…

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Suu Kyi’s Reduced Sentence Is A Hollow Move By A Failing State

In a general amnesty announced on military television last week, Myanmar’s military junta removed six years from the jail term…

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NRI’s IT Firm Was Behind Now-Repealed Farm Laws: Congress

On Wednesday, the opposition Congress slammed the government, alleging that it had framed the now repealed three controversial farm laws…

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Higher CO2 Is Making Our Food Less Nutritious

Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels negatively impact key mineral nutrients in plants, reducing the nutrition derived from consuming them, reveals…

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Threat From Climate Change Reshaping Some Religious Beliefs

The famous pilgrimage site of Kedarnath, located in the central Himalayas of India, is believed to be a sacred land.…

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India, Nepal Overlook Environmental Issues In Hydropower Deals

This June, monsoon rains wreaked havoc in Nepal’s hilly regions, but the country’s southern lowlands were instead reeling from a…

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“What Kind Of Democracy Do You Talk About?”

Former law minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday alleged that the government talks about ending colonial-era laws but it actually wants…

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Ruza, A Traditional Water Harvesting System For Water-Scarce Mountains

“Rainfed agriculture in India is a risky enterprise, owing to uncertainties in rainfall,” reads a World Bank article published in…

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3 Yrs Of Incarceration: A Letter To Umar Khalid

Umar Khalid turned 36 on Friday, August 11, in jail. He is a PhD student and outspoken critic of the…

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Climate Change Might Trigger More Volcanic Eruptions, Earthquakes

Earth’s climate is changing rapidly. In some areas, escalating temperatures are increasing the frequency and likelihood of wildfires and drought.…

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Nehru Did It Among People, LG Needs Security: Mehbooba On ‘Tiranga’ Rally

Hitting back at Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, PDP President Mehbooba Mufti said on Sunday that the administration…

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What Does FCA Act Mean For Northeast India?

Just days before the Lok Sabha passed the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 — with little heed paid to the…

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Modi Govt Murdered Idea Of India In Manipur: Rahul Gandhi

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has said that the BJP government at the Centre has "murdered" the ides of India in…

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Nuclear War Would Be More Devastating Than Cold War Predictions

Christopher Nolan’s biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer has revived morbid curiosity in the destructive power of nuclear weapons. There are…

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Glacier Retreat In Ladakh Could Spawn Three Glacial Lakes: Study

One of the largest glaciers in the Suru river valley in Ladakh has been retreating at a much faster rate…

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