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Akshay Kumar Meets Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Talks About Drought Hit Farmers.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today met Akshay Kumar here after he was informed the Bollywood superstar helped raiseFUNDS for families of 100 drought-hit farmers in ...

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Environment

Researchers Withdraw Seeds From 'Doomsday' Vault To Address Food Crisis In Syria

Researchers at the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) hope that the seeds withdrawn from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault will help improve ...

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Bollywood

Akshay Kumar Donates 90 Lakhs To Drought-Hit Families.

The action hero of Bollywood, Akshay Kumar extended his helping hand to the drought-hit farmers of Maharashtra. He has contributed Rs 90 lakhs to the social cause...

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Environment

The Nations That Will Be Hardest Hit by Water Shortages by 2040

The nations most likely to be hit by severe and continuous water shortages by 2040 include Bahrain (which will be the single most water-stressed), Israel, Palestine, Spain,...

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Thought Factory

Environment, Development And The Paradox Of Progress

The wisdom of ancients was cast in proverbial stone when the Atharva Veda extolled believers to worship the environment, and consequently immortalized the message of preser...

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Environment

Is The Global Warming ?Hiatus? Over?

There are many ongoing signs that the planet is heating up, even ?on fire.? In the western region of North America, the prolonged drought has led to high temperatures and m...

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Sustainable Development

Drones Are Grounding Wildfire Fighting Aircraft In California.

Mid to late July in southern California is the very heart of wildfire season. And with many years of drought ensuring the state’s forests are parched and as ready to ...

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Environment

Nearly 20 Million People Were Displaced Last Year Because Of Extreme Weather

Extreme natural disasters like floods, storms and earthquakes displaced nearly 20 million people in 2014, a new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has found. Sin...

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TOI Journalist Wins Award For Agriculture Crisis Reporting

Priyanka Kakodkar, Editor (Special Projects) of The Times of India, has won the Prem Bhatia Award for excellence in environmental and development reporting for her series o...

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Environment

Singapore Pledges New 2030 Greenhouse Gas Targets To Limit Climate Change

Singapore has outlined two new environmental targets for the country for the year 2030, in line with global plans to limit climate change and its impact on the world. The G...

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