He has set a world record at the 16th Para Athletics National Championship holding three gold medals in three events. With a performance of 59.36m in the 8th Fazza IPC Athletics Grand
The twenty-first century is a threat to our environment in many ways like pollution, diseases, global warming, the melting ice caps, forest fires, invasive species, and the list is endless. But many
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The Lancet commission has released a new report on the number of deaths due to pollution using data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019. The report
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In a civil jurisdiction passed on 3rd June 2022, the Supreme Court of India issued further guidelines for the creation and maintenance of Eco Sensitive Zones. Ruling against the applications, the court
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India has been a worshiper of nature consisting of five elements – Prithvi (Earth), Aap (water), Tej (Light), Vayu (Wind) & Aakash (Space). There was a balance of nature in ancient times,
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My village Mudgad Ekoji was mainly dependent on rains for farming. Wheat, rice, Jawar(Sorghum), Harbara(Chickpea), Toor(Pigeon pea), cotton, sugarcane & oilseeds like ground nut, Jawas (Flax), Karola (Niger), Kardi (Safflower) were some
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For India, this past April was the hottest in 122 years and followed the hottest March on record. The heat wave has had critical knock-on effects. Surging electricity demand and stress on
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Water will be ‘limited’ as Indians dread lethal summer in the upcoming days. Indians will swelter over this summer season which will feel prolonged as extreme heat-waves demolish the urge to step
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A Jalshakti (Water Resources) Ministry advertisement assures us that 19 crore houses will get drinking water from a tap by 2024. But the efforts on ground seem sluggish, and it won’t be
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Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, 2022. Its impact is felt in India as the Union Cabinet approved an additional subsidy of Rs 40,000 crore for the upcoming kharif season (AprilSeptember), seeking
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If any Third World War breaks out, it will be fought on the issue of drinking water. In India also there are disputes about sharing of river waters. Maharashtra is not an
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