environment
Indians in Saudi Arabia fall victims to drop in oil prices
August 3, 2016
Thousands of jobless Indians are grounded in Saudi Arabia after losing their jobs to the fall in oil prices that hit the Gulf region and its economic activities this year. The Indian government is working to evacuate its people who are being denied both their pays and passports b...
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Slum Kids in New Delhi
July 27, 2016
Childhood is metaphorically called the time of kingship. But not every child is born with silver spoon. Some are deprived and destitute like the kids living in the slums around India. According to the last data collected by the National Sample Survey Organisation, one-eighth of I...
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Climatic changes take a toll on life
July 12, 2016
According to a latest report by World Health Organisation (WHO), the rapid changes in climate may increase global deaths by around 250,000 by the year 2030 and India can prove to be a major contributor in the destruction.
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Air pollution the root cause of 1.6 million yearly premature deaths in India
June 28, 2016
A recent International Energy Agency (IEA) report on energy and air pollution, ‘World energy outlook’ (WEO), estimated that air pollution causes 6.5 million premature deaths across the world in a year, with India alone being the contributor of 1.6 million premature deaths, al...
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Man versus Wildlife in India
June 17, 2016
Accidents on railway tracks are not uncommon. Cases of many people getting injured or even dying are reported regularly. But, this time it is Elephants who have been wounded and killed by train collisions and with the expansion of modern high-speed railways and urbanisation in In...
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Blue Bulls, Monkeys and Wild Boars killed in India
June 16, 2016
Supreme Court barges in a fight of principles and outlook that exploded in India after around 200 Blue Bulls (Nilgai) were killed in the Indian state of Bihar raising issues between the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change and animal activists in the country.
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New and stricter environmental norms in India
June 9, 2016
The new and more stringent Indian environmental standards for power plants, fire stations, auto fuel policy and others will lead to an increased cost for energy, fuel and automobiles in the future and the people will have to spend more from their pockets.
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Environmental issues in New Delhi
June 6, 2016
To address the environmental issues prevailing in the capital like trafficking of wildlife, reduced forest cover, increasing pollution and more, the city of New Delhi decided to try to walk on the green road.
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Drought
May 25, 2016
India is in the grip of a severe drought that has left over 330 million people in dire suffering. A look into the practices adopted by governments and people over the years indicates that the crisis that today threatens the existence of many could well have been avoided. Due to i...
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Air and water Pollution
April 29, 2016
According to Central Pollution Control Board, India’s large metro cities and 41 tier-II cities are facing high air and water pollution. As per the findings of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), metro cities and around 41 tier-II cities including Tezpur, Rishikes...
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Paris Climate Agreement
April 23, 2016
As India signed the Paris agreement on April 22, the country made some commitments to contribute in the global climate action. Around 175 countries signed the Paris agreement in New York on the International Earth Day, which was also the first day of signing ceremony of the globa...
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COP21 Global Climate Agreement
April 20, 2016
Around 150 countries will sign the Paris agreement on April 22, 2016, during the signing ceremony in New York. On 22 April 2016, approximately 150 countries under the United Nations framework convention will show up in New York to sign the agreement on climate change, sending a m...
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