Science
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Rewarding incompetence
India's new star-rating system to promote state agencies that give hasty environmental clearances to projects
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February 16, 2022
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Natural option
Organic and natural farming approaches are not only profitable and sustainable, but also productive
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February 16, 2022
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WHITHER AMRIT KAAL
The Union Budget 2022-23 did not talk about the developmental targets promised for this year under the Strategy for New India@75, but set the country on a new journey of hope till 2047
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February 16, 2022
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NET GAIN
In its journey to the Bay of Bengal, the Brahmaputra carves out different types of waterbodies along Assam's landscape.
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February 16, 2022
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India trips on its patent waiver proposal
Delhi has not backed its WTO proposal to suspend intellectual property rights on COVID-19 pharma products with robust action
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February 16, 2022
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Glorious oversight
ABOUT AMERICAN POP CULTURE FIXTURES AND PRIVILEGED WAY OF LIFE PRESENTED AS A REVIEW OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
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February 16, 2022
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Heritage erased
Kashmir's highly fertile alluvial soil deposits called karewas are being destroyed in the name of development, much to the peril of local people
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February 16, 2022
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Charged up
Battery makers are moving beyond lithium to power India's clean energy ambitions
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February 16, 2022
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25.87 MILLION HECTARES
That is the size of forest missing from the latest assessment of India's green cover. Does this land exist? Is it encroached upon? Or is it just degraded; so degraded that there are no forests to be counted here?
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February 16, 2022
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Viva Cuba For Its Vaccine Revolution
Punching way above its weight, the tiny nation has developed five vaccines, and offers hope of vaccine equity across the world
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February 01, 2022
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2021 Was Earth's Sixth-Hottest Year
THE YEAR 2021 was the fifth warmest for India since 1901. The "Climate of India during 2021" report published by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on January 15 says annual mean temperature of the country was 0.44oC above the long period average (LPA).
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February 01, 2022
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VOICE OF SILENT VALLEY
M K Prasad spread environmental consciousness until his last breath
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February 01, 2022
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SITTING DUCK
Food inflation is at an unprecedented high across the world. Crop loss due to extreme weather events is behind the spiralling prices. The cycle can be interrupted only if farmers have access to robust weather forecast mechanisms and crop insurance schemes
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February 01, 2022
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An unusual contest
Rajasthan's state bird, the great Indian bustard, might lose its last natural habitat to wind and solar power plants
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February 01, 2022
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Patchy growth
Forests and trees now cover one-quarter of India's geography. But this is not necessarily good news
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February 01, 2022
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HOPE DEFERRED
With the pandemic near endemicity, an effective and widely available treatment for COVID-19 would be a significant breakthrough for managing the viral infection. Are we there yet? TARAN DEOL, NEW DELHI
7 min |
February 01, 2022
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Good riddance
A firm develops safer devices that use light and sound to reduce human-wildlife conflicts DAKSHIANI PALICHA
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February 01, 2022
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AN ETCH IN TIME
Santhali communities of Odisha and Jharkhand re changing their ways of painting Sohrai murals
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February 01, 2022
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We Are Not At Peace With Nature
What can I wish for in the middle of a pandemic? It is not going to be a “new” year if we continue with our foolish ways of managing the planet
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January 01, 2022
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Omicron Unlikely To Increase Threat In Children
Hasty vaccination of healthy young people will have little benefit
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January 01, 2022
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A GENERATION INTERRUPTED
Children born today might be the next development challenge for the world
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January 01, 2022
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RESIDUAL PANDEMIC
There is a huge number of people who have defeated COVID-19, but continue to suffer its debilitating long-term effects RAVLEEN KAUR IN SURAT, GUJARAT
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January 01, 2022
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UNPREPARED STILL
World enters an endless loop of disease outbreaks and remains dangerously unprepared for such crises even in third year of the COVID-19 pandemic
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January 01, 2022
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RISING MERCURY IS MAKING NEPAL GLACIERS VULNERABLE
Changing nature of glaciers and glacial lakes make the Himalayas one of the most climate vulnerable regions on the planet. RIJAN BHAKTA KAYASTHA, a glaciologist at the Himalayan Cryosphere, Climate and Disaster Research Center, Kathmandu University in Nepal, speaks to AKSHIT SANGOMLA about glaciers in Nepal and the impact of climate change on them
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January 16, 2022
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For A Sustainable Farm Sector
A look at strategies and pathways to make Indian agriculture resilient in a changing climate and help the country fulfil commitments it made at COP26
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January 16, 2022
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SUN, SALT AND SAND
Use of solar-powered pumps for salt manufacturing has not just helped Gujarat's Agariya community fight the rising fuel costs, but also drastically cut their carbon emissions
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January 16, 2022
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Protracted struggle
Despite legal win, three tribal villages in Andhra Pradesh are still fighting the state to save their land from mining
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January 16, 2022
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Calling out Albert Bourla and Big Pharma
Omicron is the result of leading vaccine makers and rich nations' failure to provide equitable supplies of jabs against COVID-19
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January 16, 2022
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On thin ice
Reduced snowfall and high temperatures have upturned the lives of people in the Himalayan cold desert
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January 16, 2022
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Virus' Variant Ways
The third year of the global COVID-19 outbreak begins with a new variant, much like the earlier Delta variant that emerged at the start of the second year. Delta caused deadly waves, but the new variant, named Omicron, is more transmissible and shows signs of breaching acquired immunity. The world should be braced for a prolonged pandemic
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