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8 years agoHow A Cooperative Owned By Garbage Pickers Is Solving Waste Management Crisis In Pune
SWaCH, a cooperative of waste pickers, offers a lesson for cities like Delhi on how to include waste pickers into the formal system by offering door-to-door...
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8 years ago
Delhi Budget 2023: Focus On Health And Environment For A 'Clean, Beautiful, and Modern Delhi'
The Delhi government in its budget 2023-24 proposed to clear up dumpsites and improve primary healthcare, among other things
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8 years ago
The Human And Health Cost Of Delhi's Garbage Mountains And Waste Crisis
Delhi relies on a largely informal sector of over 1.5 lakh waste workers to collect, segregate and recycle 20-25% of its waste. As the capital tries...
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8 years ago
Garbage Mountains – Dotting The Landscape Of Delhi
Ghazipur, Bhalswa and Okhla – the three dumpsites in Delhi have collectively caused nearly Rs. 450 crore in damage to the environment. Can the national capital...
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8 years ago
Budget 2023: Is Government Giving Enough Attention To Food Security As Central Funds Drop By 31%?
For Financial Year 2023-24, the centre has allocated Rs. 1,97,350 crore for food subsidy, a 31.28 per cent decrease compared to the previous year’s Revised Estimates...
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8 years ago
Budget 2023: Government Aims To Establish A Global Hub For Millets, ‘Shree Anna’
Budget 2023: To make India a global hub for ‘Shree Anna’ (millets), the Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad will be supported as the Centre of...
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8 years ago
Budget 2023: Net Zero, Renewable Energy, Waste To Wealth, Among 12 Key Announcements Made For ‘Green Growth’
The Union Budget 2023-24 gives special attention to green growth involving energy transition, achieving net zero target of 2070, mangrove plantation and conserving wetlands
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8 years ago
Centre’s Free Ration Scheme ‘PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana’ Extended With A Tweak
For the 28 months that PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana was implemented, a total outlay of approximately Rs. 3.91 lakh crore was sanctioned for 1,118 lakh...
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8 years ago
Air Pollution: How Effective Has National Clean Air Programme Been In Improving Air Quality?
The National Clean Air Programme set a national level target of 40 per cent reduction in particulate matter concentration by 2025-26 from 2017
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8 years ago
“To Reduce Air Pollution In Delhi, We Need To Cut Down Emission At Sources”: Tanushree Ganguly, Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Sources of air pollution within Delhi city limits include vehicular emission, followed by road dust, open waste burning and small-scale industries
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8 years ago
Yearender 2022: Setting The ‘Clean Air’ Agenda For 2023, India Requires A Wider View Of Air Pollution Crisis
Air Pollution Crisis: As 2022 draws to a close, we look at the critical issue of air pollution - the risk it poses to our health...
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8 years ago
India Prepares For Plausible COVID-19 Outbreak, Conducts Mock Drills At Hospitals
The mock drill is being conducted with the objective of ensuring the operational readiness of health facilities for the management of COVID-19
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8 years ago
PM Modi Urges Wearing Mask, Ramp Up Testing And Taking Precautionary Dose
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to assess the COVID-19 situation in the country, preparedness of health infrastructure and status of the vaccination campaign
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8 years ago
‘Mask Up, Maintain Social Distancing, Avoid International Travel’, Indian Medical Association Issues Advisory On COVID-19
COVID-19 in India: As of now, the situation is not alarming and therefore there is no need to panic, noted the Indian Medical Association (IMA)
Birds and Bees Talk Programme Launches Its First Return on Investment Report: Highlights
Meet The Gulabi Didis, 10,000 Plus Community Changemakers Fighting Against Maternal And Infant Mortality
National Transgender Awards 2023: Here Are The Winners
A Pathway From Hygiene To Wellness: Reckitt Launches A Coffee Table Book Focusing On India’s Journey Towards Universal Hygiene
Bengaluru’s Meghana Narayanan Is Helping Daily Wage Workers Avail Medical And Life Insurances
Meghana Narayanan’s project ‘Abhaya’ covers issues related to financial burden, lack of insurance coverage, monetary implications due to unprecedented events,...
Bengaluru’s Aniketh Is On A Mission To Address The Effects Of ‘Perfectionism’ On Youth’s Mental Health
Through his Project Ridere, Aniketh Kalagara works towards raising awareness among young children and their parents about the issue of...
Meet 15-Year-Old Ananya Who Is Raising Menstrual Health Awareness Among Rural Girls
Ananya Malde has formulated a comprehensive curriculum on menstrual health. She conducts awareness sessions among the girls in rural areas...
Meet ‘Appa’ Who Runs A Shelter For HIV Positive Children In Chennai
World AIDS Day 2022: Solomon Raj runs Shelter Trust, a home for the HIV positive people and by the HIV...
Replace Paper-Based Registry, Now Healthcare Is Just A Click Away With ‘Khushi Baby’ App
Khushi Baby works towards providing villages with digital health solutions. Their mission is to monitor and motivate community health, especially...
