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Climate-smart development can increase global economic output by $1.8 trillion: World Bank

Right policy choices can deliver significant economic and health benefits – as well as help reduce emissions to combat climate change, says new report A recently rele...

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Sustainable Development

How rural India spends

Contrary to general perception, rural people in India are spending more on commodities that are considered major urban expenditure, such as food, energy, cereals, pulses, v...

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Environment

Big dams stage a comeback as concerns over climate change grow

Fund flow for hydropower projects increases in the name of combating climate change but what about social and environmental safeguards? Climate change and growing concerns ...

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Environment

Big dams stage a comeback as concerns over climate change grow

Fund flow for hydropower projects increases in the name of combating climate change but what about social and environmental safeguards? Climate change and growing concerns ...

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Environment

India invokes ‘right to grow’ to tell rich nations of its stand on future climate change negotiations

In what may be a strong signal to rich nations on the issue of climate change, New Delhi on Tuesday said the developing countries, including India, have a “right to g...

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Environment

Climate change to almost triple risk of extreme Indian Ocean weather events

While the world is worried about an El Nino forming in the Pacific, a similar phenomenon may be under way in the Indian Ocean Shifting climate patterns in the Indian Ocean,...

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Sustainable Development

Centre Clears Sardar Sarovar Dam Height Increase

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel rushes to dam site to hold ‘pooja’ to commence construction work; 245 more villages to be submerged after height increase...

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Bollywood

John Abraham To Be Part Of Mission Tezaab

With the constant increase in crime rates against woman, many Bollywood celebrities are extending their support towards varied social causes that works for the development ...

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Sustainable Development

Naxal-hit Areas Of Chhattisgarh See Sharp Decline In Population

Industrialisation and forced sterilization programmes may be some reasons for the trend Growth of population in Chhattisgarh’s Naxalite-hit areas like Bijapur and Dan...

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Environment

Heat wave leads to deadly ozone pollution in Delhi

Rising NOx levels and volatile gases in the air, primarily from vehicles, form the recipe for ozone Delhi has witnessed significant ozone build-up this summer, shows a late...

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