In a historic feat, 1.5 million volunteers from the state of Madhya Pradesh planted 66 million trees in just 12 hours to create a Guinness World Record. In the backdrop of pan India burning under the scorching summer heat and the environmentalists repeatedly emphasizing on the importance of growing trees, the efforts that are taken …
At this point, images of plastic waste-filled landscapes have managed to reach and horrify much of the general public. Plastic bag bans are proliferating in response. Now, bags made from alternative, biodegradable plastics are popping up in retail stores with regularity. But will those plastics actually biodegrade? It seems that they might not, or at …
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The CWC data also shows that, except the Indus, the Narmada, and the west-bound rivers of the south, the water level in all the river basins is less than the average of the last 10 years At a time when an acute heatwave has affected more than half the country, the water level in India’s …
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Five members of AccelerateSD started from Kochi on Thursday (April 25) and will reach Kanyakumari on April 30, covering 350kms on bike meanwhile educating people about plastic pollution. Plastic pollution is a looming crisis courtesy our reliance on it especially single-use plastics which are slowly killing our environment. According to Science Advances, a scientific journal, …
Achieving a high performing immunisation program is one of the biggest challenges in the public health-care systems of developing countries Immunization is one of the greatest health interventions in history. Vaccines are a cost-effective solution, one that has aided in saving the lives of millions of infants and children from dreadful diseases. Immunisation in India …
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