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Apr 9 2019

-Water scarcity is a growing problem across the Middle East. Is this how we solve it?

Leave a Comment / Eco-Friendly, Environment, Information, research / By SLSV / April 9, 2019 April 9, 2019

“Leave no one behind.” This was the message championed by World Water Day this year. The plea to leave no one behind – a basic tenet of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – is a powerful call for universal inclusiveness. It envisages a world where the water-stressed areas of today do not face the same …

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Apr 5 2019

In India, air pollution is the third-highest cause of death among all health risks: report

Leave a Comment / Environment, Health, Information / By SLSV / April 5, 2019 April 5, 2019

Study claims poor air quality caused 1.2 mn deaths each in India and China in 2017 The current high levelof air pollution has shortened the average lifespan of a South Asian child by two-and-a-half years while globally the reduction stands at 20 months, according to a global study released on Wednesday. State of Global Air 2019, published …

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Apr 4 2019

This 25-year-old from UP found it hard to make his villagers believe in water conservation; today they are reviving their dying lakes together

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Environment, Information, Pollution / By SLSV / April 4, 2019 April 4, 2019

Ramveer Tanwar grew up amidst lush farm lands only to realise that the lakes in his village were dying. The 25-year-old has been unstoppable in raising awareness around water conservation, since With India’s water levels declining every other minute, it is the remotest regions of the country which have been facing the worst of this crisis. In the little village …

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Apr 4 2019

42% of India’s land area under drought, 500 mn people severely affected

Leave a Comment / Environment, Information / By SLSV / April 4, 2019 April 4, 2019

42% India’s land area under drought, worsening farm distress About 42% of India’s land area is facing drought, with 6% exceptionally dry–four times the spatial extent of drought last year, according to data for the week ending March 26, 2019, from the Drought Early Warning System (DEWS), a real-time drought monitoring platform. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, parts …

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Apr 3 2019

Walkman Of India: This 30-Year-Old Is Walking From Kanyakumari To Kashmir To Create Environmental Awareness

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Information / By SLSV / April 3, 2019 April 3, 2019

Suresh Daniel, quit his comfortable job in Singapore, to walk 3,800 kms on foot and spread environmental awareness from Kankyakumari to Kashmir 30-year-old, Suresh Daniel, was busy with life doing his dream job in the hospitality industry in Singapore before he decided to quit it all to take up a mission. A ‘very simple’ mission, …

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