Environment: Himalayas, Water And Many Other Things
Nivedita Khandekar Come Vasant (the spring) and one remembers the flamboyant Palash (Butea monosperma, popular also as Tesu, Dhak or Flame of Forest). Though now-a-days its quite a rare tree …
My Encounter With #Palash Read More
The winter crop acreage across India has gone down substantially because of a lack of rain, but especially in Marathwada region Farmers in several districts of the western Indian state …
Maharashtra farmers face poor winter harvest after failed rains Read MoreIndia announces plans to increase storage of Indus water; Pakistan plays safe even as it issues warning The Indus River has once again created headlines in India and Pakistan after …
Latest Indo-Pakistan dispute is over water Read More
If global climate efforts fail and we continue to burn fossil fuels and dump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as we do now, it would lead to “five degrees in …
Two-thirds of Glaciers in Himalayas Could Melt by 2100. Is it Time to Run? Read MoreToday’s post is going to be just few good photos … Here is a wonderful banyan tree with a massive canopy. This is found at a place called Shukrataal in …
Just few good photos Read MoreThis year’s theme is ‘Environmental and Climate Literacy’ which seeks to “empower everyone with the knowledge to inspire action in defense of environmental protection.” Decide your own contribution when you …
Earth Day 2017: Are we doing enough for our Mother Earth? Read MoreBy Ritwick Dutta If rivers are considered as living beings, we must recognise that in India today, they are an endangered species. In his book, Animal Revolution (1975), Peter Singer …
All rivers require special status Read MoreAllowing the river to be a legal entity means according it the right to live “While exercising the parens patrie jurisdiction, the Rivers Ganga and Yamuna, all their tributaries, streams, …
Are Ganga and Yamuna going to be ‘living entities’ only for Uttarakhand? Read MoreThe pact must bring riparian nations China and Afghanistan on board amid changing climatic conditions. Ten days after the dastardly terrorist attack at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir, much water …
Indus Waters Treaty must change for environment, not to choke Pakistan’s lifeline Read MoreThe decision by the National Green Tribunal is likely to lead to more comprehensive impact assessment studies for other hydropower projects proposed in the Brahmaputra basin Hopes have resurfaced on …
Arunachal hydropower project halted to save black-necked cranes Read More