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Water Seeping Up From Underneath The Earth Causes Cracks In Joshimath’s Constructions

Sayani ChakrabortyJanuary 26, 20230

Over the course of time, water, whether it is precipitation or the trash of adjacent towns, frequently accumulates in the hills and transforms into a deadly force. This water is funnelled into some kind of reservoir that was built in the vacuum far below the surface of the planet. It becomes a force to be reckoned with over time as it fills up, and it causes problems not only in the region above or below it, but also for places through which it passes, wreaking havoc here and there in particular when it rushes out in speed. In other words, it becomes a force to be reckoned with. This imperceptible accumulation of water is generated inside the vacuum under the surface, where it waits to be discovered. Because, in my opinion, a vacuum has developed underneath Joshimath, water is le...

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Environmental Challenges Of Belt And Road Initiative Of China, Connecting China To World

Sayani ChakrabortySeptember 3, 20220

The China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) ties China to the globe by creating a land-based "Silk Road Economic Belt" and a marine "21st Century Maritime Silk Road." By March 2022, 147 countries had invested $28.4 billion in the BRI. Numerous BRI projects would go through ecologically sensitive areas and nations with inadequate environmental laws and governance, raising fears about severe environmental repercussions. The BRI must prioritise green development. In 2007, the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) introduced "Ecological Civilization" (EC) as a response to environmental deterioration in China. In 2018, it was legally incorporated into the constitution and the country's growth and development strategy. Several policies have been released lately to e...

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Drought and Starvation in East Africa
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Toll Of Climate Change: Droughts And Starvation In East Africa

Dr. Kankana DebnathAugust 22, 20220

Eastern African countries face severe drought and starvation. The ongoing civil war in Northern Ethiopia along with drought and starvation in East Africa are heavily contributing to food insecurity in Africa. The World Health Organization warned that over 50 million people in East Africa faces acute food insecurity. According to a study by the World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization an estimated 7 million children are suffering from malnourishment. As per the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, hundreds of thousands are leaving their homes in search of food or livelihoods. The affected countries are Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda. This year accounts as the fourth season of failed rains in Kenya. It is one of the hard...

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Three Trees Being Cut Every Hour In National Capital: Delhi HC Alerts

Isha PoddarJuly 12, 20220

On Monday, July 11, the Delhi High Court was informed that at least three trees were cut every hour for the past three years in the national capital and that the estimate does not include instances of illegal felling. Justice Najmi Waziri was hearing a contempt case concerning the preservation of trees in the city. It told that the Forest Department of the Delhi government filed an affidavit; 77420 trees were permitted to be cut down from 2019 to 2021. The counsel Aditya N Prasad appearing in this matter, said that illegal tree felling, which includes trees cut down for forest clearance, unnoticed felling of trees, and those lost to the storm, etc., are not accounted for in the affidavit. If done so, the figures may be twice or four times the current number of over 77 thousand. ...

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Kutch Canal Patch Seize Narmada River In It’s Tracks

Isha PoddarJuly 8, 20220

After many hours of successfully taking the waters of Narmada to Modh Kuva, the village at the tail-end of the Kutch Branch Canal, the authorities had to stop the flow after a patch in the path was breached on Thursday. We have been conducting many testing since the last week, and for the first time, the water reached Modh Kuva late on six July night. The 750 km of water flows from the Sardar Sarovar Dam, the longest site in the country, being a man-made canal. In one part, the canal created a breach, and we planned to repair it and restart the trials in the next few days. The trial aimed to look out for any problems and identify them instantly. JP Gupta, chairman of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd, gives the statement. Kutch Branch Canal is part of the ambitious Sardar Sarovar...

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Columbia’s Peace Remains Incomplete, Environmentalists Become Endangered

Agamapar ChadhaJuly 1, 20220

Since the rise of industrialisation and urbanisation across the globe for human leisure and comfort, these technological advancements have taken a toll on nature and the world's environments. Many natural disasters and ill changes have occurred globally ever since and continue to plague the Earth's ecosystem to the point of destruction. To combat this, environmentalists actively protest for stopping, reforming and innovating methods and means used by modern factories and other industrial structures to save the planet and protect the environment. However, the messengers of this message are getting killed in Columbia. In Columbia, after the historic 2016 peace agreement ended, a 50-year-old civil war between the government and the leftist F.A.R.C. guerrillas. The programme sought t...

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India’s Rank Declines In Environmental Performance Index Despite Several Initiatives

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 1, 20220

India was classified last in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022 despite implementing Sashakt Bharat, Swachh Bharat and Sanatan Bharat. India is the least environmentally sustainable of 180 nations surveyed. India has the lowest EPI at 18.9, according to the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University, Columbia University, and the McCall MacBain Foundation. EPI is a data-driven perspective of global sustainability. It ranks 180 countries on climate change, environmental health and ecosystem vitality using 40 performance indicators in 11 domains. These measures demonstrate how close nations are to fulfilling national environmental targets. The EPI scorecard highlights environmental leaders and laggards and offers practical guidance for countries pursuing a m...

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‘Soil Degradation Is Biggest Environmental Issue’: Spiritual Preacher Sadhguru

Aditi priya singhJune 16, 20220

Spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev, popularly known as Sadhguru, has emphasized the need to focus on the most important environmental issue, soil enrichment.Sadhguru is planning to travel 30,000 km from Europe to Central Asia, as part of the 100-day Save Soil campaign. Addressing the media at the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium, Sadhguru explained that soil requires at least 3% organic matter but less than 1% in most countries. Sadhguru informed that UN agencies have set a minimum parameter of 3% organic content in the soil. The soil of no country has 3% organic content. Soils in Africa have only 0.3% organic content and in India, it is 0.68% while below 1% it is considered desertification. Sadhguru said that the quality of soil has deteriorated in 193 countries of the world. However,...

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Pollution Will Reduce Life Expectancy Of Indians By 5 Years: Report

Arpita SarkarJune 15, 20220

It has been reported that air pollution can reduce the life expectancy of Indians by about five years. That's according to the latest report from the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) of the Institute of Energy Policy at the University of Chicago. It is said that Delhi is the most polluted city in the country. Pollution can reduce life expectancy there by 10.1 years. On the other hand, 97.3 percent of the world's lives are at risk due to air pollution. The report is based on data from 2020. It said that 63% of Indians live in areas where air pollution is above national standards (40 micrograms per cubic meter). According to the report, India is second only to Bangladesh (65.6 micrograms / cubic meter, the life expectancy of citizens could be reduced to 7.9 years) in the list of the world's ...

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India Ranks Last In Environmental Health: Report

Arpita SarkarJune 10, 20220

India ranks last among 180 countries in the world in terms of environmental health judged for environmental performance by a US-based organization. Denmark topped the 2022 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) recently published by the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University, followed by the United Kingdom and Finland. EPI provides a data-driven summary of sustainable conditions around the world. Using 40 performance indicators across 11 issues, EPI ranks 180 countries on climate change effectiveness, environmental health and the vitality of ecosystems. These indicators provide a measure on a national scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy goals. The repor...

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Pollution Kills 24 Lakhs People Every Year In India: Lancet Planetary Health Journal

Arpita SarkarMay 19, 20220

India tops the world on the pollution map. Every year at least 24 lakh people are dying in India due to pollution from the air, water, organic and industrial wastes, vehicles, etc.! Second, on the list of pollution in China, the number of annual deaths is 22 million. This has been reported in a recent international study on pollution. A pollution report published in The Lancet Planetary Health Journal, as a result of pollution, at least 9 million people worldwide die each year. America is in seventh place on that list. More than 1 lakh 12 thousand people die every year due to pollution there. The death toll from pollution has risen by more than 55 percent in the two decades since 2000, according to the study. Philip Landrigan, a member of the survey team and director of the Globa...

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Story Of Himalaya From Beauty To Degradation: How Human Degraded Its Glory

Pooja YadavApril 30, 20220

The Himalayan Mountains, browsing the northern part of India separating it from the Tibetan Plateau, currently faces many issues. Whether related to its public infrastructure, waste, and trash of all sorts, the Himalayas are in need of drastic change. Tourism rules this a part of India’s economy, with the constant in and out nature of anyone seeking to climb the mountains. With increasing urbanization within the area, an issue of waste management makes it so garbage is spewed everywhere. When we consider its higher elevation, indefinitely colder climate, and poor public infrastructure, the Himalayas are riddled with trash. People are willing to pay and clean the Himalayas, but some lack knowledge of different disposal methods and feel they are doing not have sufficient access to them...

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