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<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Climate Change, Green Finance/Economy" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay" href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/12/the-methane-puzzle-of-ambition-and-action-unfolds-at-cop29/" target="_blank">
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>13</span>th December <span>2024</span></p>
<p class="title">The methane puzzle of ambition and action unfolds at COP29</p>
<p class="description">The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has built a Methane Alert and Response System (MARS), which captures data from methane-detecting satellites and releases alerts for countries and companies about methane leakage. It expects the entity to plug the leak after receiving the alert. ...</p>
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>21</span>st November <span>2024</span></p>
<p class="title">Developing nations demand public grants, not loans, at COP29 finance talks</p>
<p class="description">Negotiations at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan have intensified, with a few days left to build consensus over climate finance. In this final stretch, developing countries, particularly those facing debt crises, have called for prioritising public finance over private finance, ...</p>
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>19</span>th November <span>2024</span></p>
<p class="title">Climate action needs cities and cities need funds</p>
<p class="description">Cities are emerging as focal points for climate action at the ongoing climate negotiations in Baku. Cities are a source of 70% of global carbon emissions, making them key in tackling the impacts of climate change. ...</p>
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<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Green Finance/Economy" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay" href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/11/climate-cop-aims-to-finalise-global-carbon-market-rules-under-article-6/" target="_blank">
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>8</span>th November <span>2024</span></p>
<p class="title">Climate COP aims to finalise global carbon market rules under Article 6</p>
<p class="description">It’s been almost a decade since the global climate pact, the Paris Agreement, was adopted, in 2015. Yet, a key component, the Article 6, a framework for international climate cooperation and financial support to developing nations through a global carbon market, remains unimplemented. ...</p>
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<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Climate Change, Green Finance/Economy" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay" href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/10/climate-finance-to-take-centre-stage-at-upcoming-climate-cop/" target="_blank">
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>31</span>st October <span>2024</span></p>
<p class="title">Climate finance to take centre stage at upcoming climate COP</p>
<p class="description">Climate finance will be on top of the agenda when world leaders gather in Baku, Azerbaijan this November for the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) to discuss future climate action. At the climate conference, they will negotiate the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on Climate Finance, ...</p>
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<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Agriculture" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay" href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/10/balancing-conservation-and-agroforestry-to-tackle-climate-change/" target="_blank">
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>24</span>th October <span>2024</span></p>
<p class="title">Balancing conservation and agroforestry to tackle climate change</p>
<p class="description">While agroforestry has the potential to combat climate change, India’s conservation-focussed forestry is hindering its growth, says a recent working paper. Agroforestry is a land management system that integrates crops and woody perennials like trees, shrubs, palms, bamboo etc. ...</p>
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>20</span>th September <span>2024</span></p>
<p class="title">Amid the global green goods boom, India is yet to jump on the bandwagon</p>
<p class="description">Embracing green trade could accelerate India’s export diversification and growth as global demand for low-carbon goods and services is rising. However, India’s exports of environmental goods and services (EGS) still trail behind that of its peers, highlighted a ...</p>
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>6</span>th September <span>2024</span></p>
<p class="title">Indian cities witness a growing momentum for climate action</p>
<p class="description">Latur, a city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra with a population of around <span class="in">500,000</span>, received heavy rains on September <span class="in">1</span>, with <span class="in">68.3</span> millimetres of rainfall in just <span class="in">24</span> hours, causing loss of life and property. Historically known for its severe droughts, which were so extreme that in <span class="in">2016</span>, drinking water had to be ...</p>
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<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Agriculture" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay" href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/08/can-innovation-overcome-the-challenges-of-urea-dependency/?amp=1" target="_blank">
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>13</span>th August <span>2024</span></p>
<p class="title">High costs, mixed results challenge nano urea use in farming</p>
<p class="description">When fertiliser shortages pushed farmers to desperate measures in 2021, with viral videos showing farmers looting bags of fertilisers from trucks, one farmer in Madhya Pradesh chose a different path. Mukesh Meena decided to steer away from the competition for conventional fertiliser and instead, ...</p>
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<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Urban Governance" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay" href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/07/rethinking-master-plans-for-indias-growing-cities/?amp=1" target="_blank">
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>23</span>rd July <span>2024</span></p>
<p class="title">Rethinking master plans for India’s growing cities</p>
<p class="description">Delhi has been facing severe consequences due to the lack of a comprehensive urban plan. Until June this year, the capital endured scorching heat that led to the deaths of hundreds. The anticipated rains in July brought flooding instead of relief in many areas. ...</p>
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<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Energy Transition" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay" href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/04/wheeling-towards-sustainable-pottery-making-in-khurja/" target="_blank">
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>11</span>th April <span>2024</span></p>
<p class="title">Wheeling towards sustainable pottery making in Khurja</p>
<p class="description">Fifty-year-old Sayeed Ahamed’s approach to shaping clay diverges from the
conventional method employed by most traditional potters. Instead of relying on his hand’s motion to
sculpt, he adopts a distinctive technique by positioning his right leg in a carefully carved hole under
the ground. ...</p>
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href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/02/indias-stance-at-wto-balances-fisheries-subsidies-for-artisanal-fishers-and-sectoral-growth/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/Fishing-sea.jpg" alt="Image 1">
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>9</span>th February <span>2024</span></p>
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India’s stance at WTO balances fisheries subsidies for artisanal fishers and sectoral growth
</p>
<p class="description">India is likely to advocate for securing the interests of its artisanal fishers while
facilitating the growth of the fishing sector at the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) <span class="in">13</span>th
Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi later this month. ...</p>
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href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/02/crafting-a-sustainable-future-for-artisans-using-bamboo/"
target="_blank">
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>28</span>th February <span>2024</span></p>
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Crafting a sustainable future for artisans using bamboo
</p>
<p class="description">At a young age, Jyotsana Devnath embarked on a journey in Braj Nagar, West Tripura,
where she was married and became a part of a family known for their livelihood in crafting bamboo
products. Her husband, Rajkumar Devnath, trained her in the skills of the trade – from buying the bamboo
to making and selling ...</p>
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</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Governance" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/05/what-is-the-sixth-schedule-why-is-ladakh-demanding-to-be-brought-under-it/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/Ladakh-Banner.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>17</span>th May <span>2024</span></p>
<p class="title">
What is the Sixth Schedule? Why is Ladakh demanding to be brought under it?
</p>
<p class="description">On May <span class="in">10</span>, after <span class="in">66</span> days of protests,
demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule-status for Ladakh, the protestors suspended their “climate fast”
for the upcoming polls on May <span class="in">20</span>. The protestors plan to continue their hunger
strike, after a new government is formed in early June, ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Urban Governance" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2024/06/urban-growth-fuels-warming-in-indian-cities-finds-a-study/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/Basai-wetland-2400x890-1718002627.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>10</span>th June <span>2024</span></p>
<p class="title">
Urban growth fuels warming in Indian cities, finds a study
</p>
<p class="description">Cities in India are experiencing warming at nearly twice the rate compared to the
rest of the country, according to a recent study. <br> <br>
The study, published in the journal Nature as a brief communication, said climate change is warming the
entire region, ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Agriculture" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/07/community-based-natural-farming-outshines-other-farming-practices-in-andhra-pradesh-in-all-aspects/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/Agriculture-field-work-1200x890.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>31</span>st July <span>2024</span></p>
<p class="title">
Community-based natural farming outshines other farming practices ...
</p>
<p class="description">Andhra Pradesh’s Community-Based Natural Farming (APCNF) defies the popular belief
that chemical fertilisers guarantee better yields. According to a comparative study of prevalent farming
practices in the state, conducted over two years in three districts of Andhra Pradesh, ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Public Health" data-language="English" data-publication="Down To Earth" href="https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/health/growing-up-stunted-56198" target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/0.96314800_1478082052_30-20161115.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>15</span>th November <span>2016</span></p>
<p class="title">
Growing up stunted
</p>
<p class="description">Shivraj, namesake of the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, lost his one-year-old son
Dharmraj in August this year. “His growth was extremely slow, and he was getting sicker and weaker with
each passing day,” recalls Shivraj, a resident of Bhairopura village in Sheopur district of Madhya
Pradesh. When his condition worsened, Shivraj took him to the healthcare centre at Karahal ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Energy Transition" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/10/indias-clean-energy-goals-may-widen-regional-disparities-predicts-working-paper/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/Amazing-banner-for-kundans-story.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>20</span>th October <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
India’s clean energy goals may widen regional disparities, predicts working paper
</p>
<p class="description">India’s ambitious clean energy goals, focusing on increasing renewables and reducing
coal use, may heighten disparities between two regions of the country – one covering western and
southern states and the other, northern and eastern states – finds a recent working paper. ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Green Finance/Economy" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/11/navigating-trade-in-troubled-waters-and-the-role-of-wto-at-cop-28/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/Banner-high-resolution.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>24</span>th November <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
Navigating trade and the role of WTO at COP28
</p>
<p class="description">The role of trade and trade policy is increasingly being considered in discussions to
further climate action. Trade will be in the spotlight at the upcoming UN climate conference in Dubai,
with the World Trade Organisation (WTO), co-leading Trade Day, marking the first time that trade will
feature as a theme in the conferences. ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Climate Change, Governance" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/04/legal-protection-of-certain-forest-land-to-be-removed-as-government-pushes-security-projects/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/Darjeeling_Zoo.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>6</span>th April <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
Legal protection of certain forest land to be removed as government pushes security projects
</p>
<p class="description">Certain categories of forest land will no longer be legally protected, as proposed by
the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, <span class="in">2023</span>, that the union government
introduced in Lok Sabha on March 29. A need to fast-track strategic and security-related projects, ...
</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Governance, Green Finance/Economy" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay" href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/03/state-finance-commissions-in-poor-shape/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/1200px-Panchayat_India-e1679543019364.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>23</span>rd March <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
State Finance Commissions in ‘poor’ shape, affecting decentralisation process
</p>
<p class="description">This year marks <span class="in">30</span> years since India began decentralising
governance and empowering local bodies in rural and urban areas through constitutional amendments. As
part of this process, one of the mandates for states was to create a State Finance Commission that would
...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Urban Governance" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay" href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/10/poor-governance-burdens-indian-cities-finds-survey/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/Mumbai_03-2016_52_Dharavi_near_Mahim_Junction.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>26</span>th October <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
Poor governance burdens Indian cities, finds survey
</p>
<p class="description">India’s urban governance is ill-prepared to deal with the impacts of unprecedented
expansion that is taking place in cities, highlights a recent survey. The survey, that evaluates the
quality of governance in cities, reveals that <span class="in">39</span>% of state capitals, do not have
active master plans that are urban governance tools that chart out ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Agriculture" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/11/fao-estimates-12-7-trillion-worth-hidden-costs-as-food-makes-its-way-from-farm-to-table/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/30291599472_bdaecd87fc_k-2400x890-1701239202.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>29</span>th November <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
FAO estimates $12.7 trillion worth hidden costs in the journey of food from farm to table
</p>
<p class="description">A recent report reveals that the global agrifood system, while having benefits of
nutrition and livelihood, has hidden costs, such as those related to health and the environment. These
add up when estimating the value of the agricultural process of production, ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Public Health" data-language="English" data-publication="Down To Earth" href="https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/health/undetected-window-56036" target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/0.41384000_1476786842_38-20161031-dte.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>31</span>st October <span>2016</span></p>
<p class="title">
Undetected window
</p>
<p class="description">For a world free of tuberculosis, the World Health Organization has set a few
targets: reduction of incidence rate by <span class="in">90</span> per cent and deaths by <span
class="in">95</span> per cent by <span class="in">2035</span> from the <span
class="in">2015</span> levels. To comply with the targets India—that accounts for <span
class="in">23</span> per cent of the global TB burden—has adopted newer strategies and tools. It
is also coping with challenges like emergence of drug-resistant TB. ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Energy Transition" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/08/are-mini-grids-the-sustainable-and-economical-solution-to-achieving-global-electrification/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/49012565232_56dcf074e5_c.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>23</span>rd August <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
The potential of mini-grids as a sustainable and economical alternative for global electrification
</p>
<p class="description">Jharkhand is soliciting bids for maintaining mini and microgrids – decentralised,
small-scale electricity generation systems – across the state. Previously, the state has had
disappointments with unreliable vendors meant to maintain such systems which are key ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Green Finance/Economy" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/10/more-climate-change-variables-should-be-used-in-16th-finance-commission-formula-on-tax-distribution-say-experts/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/Forest-cover.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>6</span>th October <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
More climate change variables needed in 16th Finance Commission’s tax distribution formula, say experts
</p>
<p class="description">As the union government gears up to constitute the 16th Finance Commission (FC) – the
constitutional body for centre-state financial relations – experts recommend including variables related to climate change, beyond forest cover, to determine the division of tax revenue among states. ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Climate Change, Governance" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2021/05/where-are-indian-states-participating-in-net-zero-debate/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/4058016973_92c370b7f0_k.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>11</span>th May <span>2021</span></p>
<p class="title">
Net zero debate: Where do Indian states stand on the decarbonisation pathway?
</p>
<p class="description">Announcing a timeline for net-zero emissions has been the buzzword in the global
climate change debate and India has been under intense pressure to announce it as well. Indian has not
followed suit but Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently reiterated the country’s commitment ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Urban Governance, Green Finance/Economy" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay" href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/02/are-cities-smart-enough-to-leverage-municipal-bonds/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/1620px-Necklace_road_during_Ganesh_Nimajjanam_2019.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>21</span>st February <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
Are cities ‘smart’ enough to leverage municipal bonds?
</p>
<p class="description">Indore’s Municipal Corporation (IMC) received an overwhelming response from
institutional and corporate investors when it issued a green bond last week. This development set a
positive tone for similar resource-scarce urban bodies looking for investments to meet civic needs and
ambition. ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Agriculture" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/04/with-increasing-climate-related-threats-farmers-gear-up-for-adaptation/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/3686006791_d99b95e16f_k-e1680597925981-2048x890.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>4</span>th April <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
With increasing climate-related threats, farmers gear up for adaptation
</p>
<p class="description">In late February, the Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), a
leading scientific institute for wheat, released an advisory recommending farmers in India to spray
potassium chloride on wheat crops in case of a sudden rise in temperature. This was ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Public Health" data-language="English" data-publication="Down To Earth" href="https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/health/treated-but-not-cured-52039" target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/0.01679000_1449558274_18-20151215.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>15</span>th December <span>2015</span></p>
<p class="title">
Treated but not cured
</p>
<p class="description">In December <span class="in">2005</span>, the Indian government declared it had fewer
than one case of leprosy per <span class="in">10,000</span> people. This announcement of elimination, as
defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), brought relief to a country known to have the highest
burden of the disease. But the sense of relief is disappearing fast. ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Energy Transition" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/08/on-a-bumpy-road-to-net-zero-trucks-shift-gear-to-reduce-emissions/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/Konkan_-_Western_Ghats_-_Scenes_from_Indias_Konkan_Railway_21.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>14</span>th August <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
On a bumpy road to net zero, trucks shift gear to reduce emissions
</p>
<p class="description">Anjar Ahmed, a truck driver in his fifties, recently embarked on a journey from
Dispur in Assam to deliver tiles to Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Over the course of this trip, his <span
class="in">12</span>-wheel truck guzzled approximately <span class="in">250</span> litres of
diesel, costing Rs. <span class="in">23,000</span>. The truck would have emitted around <span
class="in">670</span> kilograms of carbon dioxide ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Green Finance/Economy" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/04/latest-rbi-guidelines-to-help-mobilise-domestic-capital-towards-green-activities/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/Banner-for-kundan-sotry.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>23</span>rd April <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
Latest RBI guidelines to help mobilise domestic capital towards green activities
</p>
<p class="description">With an increasing trend of commercial banks launching ‘green deposit’ schemes for
retail investors, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a framework to shape the emerging market,
including provisions to restrict greenwashing. ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Climate Change" data-language="English" data-publication="Down To Earth" href="https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/economy/why-we-need-a-circular-economy-65122"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/0.27166500_1560771655_44-20190630-english.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>27</span>th June <span>2019</span></p>
<p class="title">
Why we need a circular economy
</p>
<p class="description">Rwanda has a reason for opposing used clothes. Pushed by flawed trade regimes and
myopic policies, these goods have nearly decimated the textile, apparel and leather industries in
Africa. But elsewhere, a movement of sorts has gained momentum with celebri ties urging consumers to
choose second-hand clothes for a sustainable future. ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Agriculture" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2021/01/agrarian-distress-climate-change-farm-income-farmers-protest-ministry-of-agriculture/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/Vendors-in-Azadpur-Mandi-in-New-Delhi-1-scaled.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>28</span>th January <span>2021</span></p>
<p class="title">
GrAMs: Market access scheme for farmers still weighed down after three years
</p>
<p class="description">After braving the chilling winter on the border of the national capital for around
two months, hundreds of thousands of farmers entered Delhi on India’s Republic Day on January <span
class="in">26</span> to protest against the three agriculture laws that the government had
passed in the Parliament. ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Public Health" data-language="English" data-publication="Down To Earth" href="https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/health/paramedics-show-the-way-51469"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/0.63769500_1444726041_52-20151015.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>15</span>th October <span>2015</span></p>
<p class="title">
Paramedics show the way
</p>
<p class="description">Two girls, in their late <span class="in">20</span>s, knock on the door of Subhash
Barman, a fisherman living in Gopinathpur Malopada village, about <span class="in">35</span> km from
Dhaka. The family welcomes them warmly. Shilpi Barman, wife of Subhash, is in her seventh month of
pregnancy. These girls cut Shilpi’s nails and check her blood pressure. They then inspect her bedroom to
check whether the bedsheets are clean and also collect her ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Energy Transition" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/09/study-reveals-g20-nations-increased-fossil-fuel-investments-in-2022-defying-climate-goals/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/G20-banner-image.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>1</span>st September <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
Study reveals G20 nations increased fossil fuel investments in 2022, defying climate goals
</p>
<p class="description">Amid the upcoming G<span class="in">20</span> summit in New Delhi, where global
leaders are poised to deliberate on critical topics including climate change, a study reveals a
conflicting trend. Attending countries had substantially increased financial support for fossil fuels in
<span class="in">2022</span> ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Green Finance/Economy" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/05/rbi-report-examines-implications-of-climate-change-on-economic-growth-and-financial-stability/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image"
src="Images/long_vehicle_vehicle_lorry_wind_turbine_blade_transport_automobile_highway_truck-975962.jpg"
alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>11</span>th May <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
RBI report examines implications of climate change on economic growth and financial stability
</p>
<p class="description">The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has focussed on climate change as the primary theme
in its Report on Currency and Finance (RCF) for <span class="in">2022-23</span>, a theme-based annual
report on contemporary issues concerning central banking and macroeconomic issues in India. ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Climate Change" data-language="English" data-publication="Down To Earth"
href="https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/economy/circular-economy-s-potential-remains-unrealised-65123"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/0.26976400_1561693666_waste.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>28</span>th June <span>2019</span></p>
<p class="title">
Circular economy's potential remains unrealised
</p>
<p class="description">At the industrial estate road in Vapi, the hub of paper mills in south Gujarat, there
is feverish activity. Lorries carrying imported wastepaper make a beeline. Mountains of trash can be
seen heaped inside the mills, ready to be recycled. In what can be considered a golden example of the
circular economy model, ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Governance" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2021/03/pesa-the-wait-for-reforms-on-the-ground-continues-even-after-25-years/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/Bazzar.jpeg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>4</span>th Match <span>2021</span></p>
<p class="title">
PESA: The wait for reforms on the ground continues even after 25 years
</p>
<p class="description">It is the silver jubilee year of the Panchayat (Extension to the Scheduled Areas)
Act, <span class="in">1996</span> that was passed by the Indian parliament to empower people living in
the fifth schedule areas, which are mostly dominated by tribal communities. However, the law popularly
known as PESA remains ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Agriculture, Governance" data-language="English" data-publication="Down To Earth"
href="https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/agriculture/punjab-s-marginalised-communities-struggle-for-their-right-to-cultivate-common-lands-63005"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/0.61456800_1548742596_17-20190215-english.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>7</span>th February <span>2019</span></p>
<p class="title">
Punjab's marginalised communities struggle for their right to cultivate common lands
</p>
<p class="description">Bant Kaur is content with life. On a chilly January morning, the <span
class="in">50</span>-something widow is busy feeding luscious green fodder to her buffalo, milking
it and cooking for her <span class="in">15</span>-year-old son before leaving for work at <span
class="in">8</span> in the morning. Resident of Punjab’s Balad Kalan ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Public Health" data-language="English" data-publication="Down To Earth" href="https://www.downtoearth.org.in/coverage/shifting-care--48568" target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/20150228-20.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>28</span>th February <span>2015</span></p>
<p class="title">
Shifting care
</p>
<p class="description">The initial euphoria around the proposed national health policy seems to be fading
ever since the document was placed in the public domain for comments. The draft National Health Policy,
<span class="in">2015</span>, (NHP <span class="in">2015</span>) is being introduced <span
class="in">13</span> years after the last policy was drafted. <br> The primary aim of the policy
is to strengthen ...</p>
</div>
</a>
<a class="grid-item" data-topic="Energy Transition" data-language="English" data-publication="Mongabay"
href="https://india.mongabay.com/2023/05/storing-or-reusing-captured-carbon-is-emerging-as-tool-in-energy-transition/"
target="_blank">
<img class="image" src="Images/800px-Petrol_truck_India-e1684734426192.jpg" alt="Image 1">
<div class="content">
<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>22</span>nd May <span>2023</span></p>
<p class="title">
Storing or reusing captured carbon is emerging as tool in energy transition
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<p class="description">Public sector oil and gas companies in India are actively embracing
emission-reduction strategies such as Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) as India targets
net zero by <span class="in">2070</span>. <br> <br> CCUS is a common strategy across India’s oil ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>22</span>nd May <span>2018</span></p>
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Rising surface temperature threatens Africa's blue economy
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<p class="description">Sitting on Ghana’s Apam beach, fisherman Nana Ekow Pasnin is worried about his family’s future. His canoe just returned without a single fish, after spending a marathon 12 hours in the sea. He has never seen such an acute fish shortage in the Atlantic Ocean in his <span class ="in"> 40</span> years of fishing. “Earlier, we could easily fill up the 150 crates in our canoe in every trip. Today, ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>21</span>st July <span>2020</span></p>
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India in a microcosm: Will COVID-<span>19</span> reverse migrants pick up the plough again? Palanpur throws up a question
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<p class="description">Usman has been unemployed since March, <span class="in">2020</span>. The <span class="in">28</span>-year-old worked as a carpenter in national capital New Delhi for <span class="in">10</span> years. That was before the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-<span class="in">19</span>) pandemic struck — rendering him and his brother jobless, shattering their dream of starting their own business. ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>12</span>th March <span>2020</span></p>
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‘They stole my womb’: Doctors mislead thousands of women to get their uterus removed
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<p class="description">It was intriguing that Vandana Khandale, a traditional sugarcane cutter in Maharashtra’s Beed district, was sitting at home in January, the peak time for sugarcane harvesting. “I have developed severe joint pain and feel tired all the time. I get irrigated far too often, and working on the fields has become difficult,” she says. ...</p>
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>25</span>th October <span>2022</span></p>
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India needs legal framework for closing mines and power plants
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<p class="description">India is on the way to decommissioning thermal power plants (TPP) and disposing of coal mines at a large scale in the coming few years. However, the country has no legal framework on how this transition will take place. Estimates say that due to these measures, millions of people will lose their livelihood, ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>21</span>st May <span>2018</span></p>
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Why zoonotic diseases are fast spreading to humans
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<p class="description">The National Institute of Virology, Pune confirmed on Sunday that the <span class="in">11</span> deaths in Kerala were due to Nipah virus (NiV) outbreak. <br>
The epicentre of the outbreak is Kozhikode where seven people lost their lives. Rest four died in Malappuram and at least <span class="in">10</span> are being treated in different hospitals across Kozhikode. ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>8</span>th April <span>2020</span></p>
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Throwback at the time of COVID-<span>19</span>: ‘<span>1897</span> plague caused distancing but there was a socially cohesive mass’
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<p class="description">Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd's family escaped the plague pandemic of <span class="in">1897</span> and scripted a new life. As a child he inherited all the stories of his family’s and the society’s experiences with the pandemic. We see a resemblance in the present pandemic’s impacts on us ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>15</span>th February <span>2015</span></p>
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Antibiotic for superbugs
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<p class="description">The world has not seen a new class of antibiotics in the past <span class="in">27</span> years. And bacteria are increasingly becoming resistant to the existing group of antibiotics. Now a group of Boston-based researchers claim to have finally discovered a new drug, which they call teixobactin. Better still, the technology developed by these researchers could pave the way for the discovery of many new classes of ...</p>
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>21</span>st September <span>2022</span></p>
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Coal will stay strong even as solar shines in India’s energy transition
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<p class="description">In India’s energy transition, solar will emerge as a dominant source of energy, but coal is still going to be the mainstay of the country’s energy sector. In the coming decade, at least <span class="in">40</span>% more coal consumption is estimated in India. These trends are reflected in the draft version of the National Electricity Plan (NEP) ...</p>
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>22</span>nd November <span>2022</span></p>
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A framework for sovereign green bonds a step in the right direction but has miles to go
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<p class="description">Moving a step ahead towards boosting investor confidence in financing climate action, the Government of India (GoI) has developed a framework for Sovereign Green bonds (SGrB), in which it defines the ‘green’ sector and the process to ensure that investments will be directed to it. The government has sought an ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>15</span>th February <span>2017</span></p>
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Lake Chad's forgotten crisis
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<p class="description">Last year when Nigeria declared a nutrition emergency in Borno, indicating acute food insecurity in the state, and said the region stands to lose <span class="in">80</span> children every day, it caught the world's attention. More than a dozen humanitarian organisations working in West Africa issued a joint statement, saying the ongoing conflict with the jihadist militant group Boko Haram has ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>11</span>th February <span>2020</span></p>
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India's population: 1.37 billion and not counting
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<p class="description">Be it a political meeting, a hot TV debate or just a healthy tea-time chat, the topic would most often veer around population. That was about four decades back. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought the debate back to the discussion table after he used the term “population explosion” in his Independence Day speech last year. ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>15</span>th February <span>2015</span></p>
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Right diagnosis, wrong pills
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<p class="description">WITH THE hope of making healthcare affordable, the Centre on December 24 last year allowed 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in medical devices sector. The policy also recognised medical devices as a separate category for the first time which was till now a part of drugs. <br>V K Subburaj, secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, says ...</p>
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>17</span>th October <span>2022</span></p>
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Big gaps in green financing could hamper India’s energy transition
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<p class="description">October, a month that is typically associated with celebration and festive fervour in India, came with some unexpected news for those who track global finance. In the first week, reports said that one of the top American national banks, JPMorgan Chase & Co., has held off on including India in its global bond index, a semi-annual review of its emerging-market debt index which is a useful indicator for investors. ...</p>
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>19</span>th August <span>2022</span></p>
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RBI gears up to deal with climate-related financial risks
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<p class="description">In a bid to make India’s financial system resilient to climate-related risks, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is mulling over possible regulations. As a start, the central bank has come up with a discussion paper on climate risk and sustainable finance and has asked for feedback from concerned stakeholders about the possible regulatory system in the near future. ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>15</span>th June <span>2015</span></p>
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Weaving trouble
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<p class="description">KASHMIR'S FABLED handcrafted pashmina shawls could soon be a thing of the past. The proliferation of machine-made pashmina products has become a big threat to the livelihood of the state’s artisans who have been spinning and weaving pashmina for ages. According to the Jammu and Kashmir handicraft department, the export of pashmina shawls fell from ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>31</span>st December <span>2014</span></p>
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Real threats of virtual world
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<p class="description">It all began when he was in the <span class="in">11</span>th standard. His inquisitive mind led him towards the Internet, and he started spending more time in front of the computer. Long hours of sitting took a toll on his health and he developed back pain. Yet the <span class="in">16</span>-year-old boy in Pune could not stay away from the virtual world. By the end of that year, he had downloaded data worth Rs <span class="in">12,000</span>. One day, when his mother tried ...</p>
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>1</span>st July <span>2022</span></p>
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[Video] Can a waste-to-energy plant address piling concerns from a landfill site?
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<p class="description">On June <span class="in">13</span>, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Haryana government regarding inaction over hazardous waste contaminating the groundwater near the Bandhwari landfill. <br> The waste dumping site, located near the Delhi and Haryana border, has been in ...</p>
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>10</span>th February <span>2022</span></p>
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With plans to standardise ESG rating, India’s market regulator takes a step towards sustainable finance
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<p class="description">There are two emerging trends visible in the Indian capital market for the past couple of years. The first is the sharp increase in the number of retail investors and the second is the increasing demand for sustainable finance. In line with these trends, there is an emerging market of ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>14</span>th November <span>2014</span></p>
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Shit, it's profitable
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<p class="description">Farmer raj Anna has been making unprecedented profits from his farmland since the past few years. The <span class="in">42</span>-year-old earns more than Rs <span class="in">15</span> lakh a year. Ask him how he manages such a handsome income and he replies—through human excreta. Anna is one of the <span class="in">1,000</span>-odd farmers in Bengaluru who have revived the lost practice of using human excreta as manure. ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>11</span>th December <span>2019</span></p>
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Madhya Pradesh’s egg-centric problem: Choose between nutrition and hegemony
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<p class="description">A strange protest is shaping up in Madhya Pradesh (MP) over the Kamal Nath government’s recent decision to provide eggs under the supplementary food programme. <br> “We plan a postcard campaign to reach each and every school and tell students to not participate in the programme on the days eggs are distributed,” said ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>14</span>th November <span>2014</span></p>
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Access denied
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<p class="description">The fight against HIV/AIDS in India is becoming tougher by the day as patients continue to face an acute shortage of antiretroviral drugs. This is an alarming situation for a country with the third-highest number of HIV+ people in the world—<span class="in">2.1</span> million. In <span class="in">2012</span>, about <span class="in">140,000</span> people in India died of AIDS. Such is the demand-supply ...</p>
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<p class="details">MONGABAY . <span>31</span>st March <span>2021</span></p>
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Using fossil fuel as a cash cow: A big obstacle in India’s energy transition
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<p class="description">The Covid-<span class="in">19</span> pandemic has laid bare the Indian government’s dependence on fossil fuels for revenue generation and this could impact the country’s plans for large-scale adoption of clean energy at a time when a ‘just’ energy-transition is crucial to address climate change. For the most part of <span class="in">2020</span>, when the economy was in the doldrums, the rise in prices of petrol ...</p>
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<p class="details">Down To Earth . <span>12</span>th May <span>2015</span></p>
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Work of friction
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<p class="description">What makes the Himalayan region a hotbed of seismic activities? The answer lies in the processes which led to the formation of the mountain range. The youngest range in the world, the Himalayas were formed due to the collision of the Indian plate with the Eurasian plate <span class="in">40-50</span> million years ago. The Indian plate has been sliding under the Eurasian plate ever since. ...</p>
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