Is the polluted air making us a little more unwell?
As we mentioned recently, we would like to reach out to common folks and find out from them how they have been feeling in this weather and dealing with the air quality. In this segment, we decided to reach out to a pharmacy to find out if there was a jump in the...
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COP 24, Katowice, Poland, must live up to its expectations!
The 24th Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), hosted by Poland, kick-started on December 03, 2018. Here is some of the key highlights from Day 1 of COP 24. The Katowice outcome is crucial...
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Air Pollution Stories
Do you know according to the Lancet Planetary Health Survey, Air Quality of India is so poor that it caused 1.2 million deaths in India in 2017? It was found that at least 12.5% of deaths in 2017, or one in eight, can be attributed to unusually high rates of lower...
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World Environment Day 2018: Why plastics are going to make our future inconvenient
For far too long, we have taken our environment for granted, and are now bearing the consequences. With our refusal to adopt more environment friendly habits over time, which simultaneously could have helped us adapt to the changing times, things had only become...
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Why the current state of our environment is a cause of worry
Whether we agree with it or not, truth is that there is enough scientific evidence to prove existence of environmental distortions of the highest order. Over decades as industrialization progressed and accessibility to almost everything became easier, we got so caught...
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India’s Water Crisis Is Grimmer Than We Think
Cape Town is on the verge of becoming the first major city to run out of water. The South African city has only 90 days worth of water left in the reservoirs after three years of persistent drought. The residents have been warned that the city will soon approach ‘day...
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Renewable Energy In India: Potential, Growth And Policies
Over the years, renewable energy sector in India has emerged as a significant player in the power generation capacity. Power is one of the most crucial components for the economic growth and welfare of nations. The existence and the development of adequate power...
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Making Our Logistics Sector More Sustainable
Logistics is an essential part of any business, which can’t be overlooked as a lot of competitive edge depends on it. Integrating sustainability in this sector means that we are minimising the resources (fuel) consumed and negative impact (emissions) on the...
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India’s wells are running dry, fast
Asit K. Biswas, National University of Singapore; Cecilia Tortajada, National University of Singapore, and Udisha Saklani Over the past three years, the monsoon – the rainy season that runs from June through September, depending on the region – has been weak or...
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