by Urmi Bhattacharjee | Mar 29, 2018 | Articles, Climate Change, News, Rivers, Sustainability
The Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat is one of the largest dams in India across the Narmada river. The result of the Narmada Valley Project makes it the world’s second-largest concrete gravity dam. Every time the dam’s height is raised, people get displaced. Does...
by SANDRP | Mar 27, 2018 | Climate Change, Health and Fitness, Home, Rivers, Sustainability, Wildlife
The fact that most civilizations of the world flourished on river banks is more or less uncontested. The examples of early river-valley civilizations range from Indus Civilization near the Indus River to Mesopotamia along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, Egypt on the...
by Urmi Bhattacharjee | Mar 26, 2018 | Health and Fitness, Home, News, Wildlife
A couple of years back, Philip, a month-old elephant calf and his mother, were injured. As they walked through the hills of Assam’s Ouguri Range, which is east of Guwahati, the elephant calf lost his footing and slid down the hill. He then fell into a shaft and was...
by Muqbil Ahmar | Mar 25, 2018 | Climate Change, Home, News
Climate change trends are responsible for the global heat record of 2016, which included extreme heat waves in Asia as well as warmer waters off Alaska’s coast. The warming is purely triggered by the fact that the planet is becoming hotter due to human activities such...
by Syeda Ambia Zahan | Mar 24, 2018 | Food, Home, News, Solar
Riding a bicycle is fun for most people. In fact, bicycles are an important and cheap mode of commuting in rural India. However, riding on uneven roads, while holding an umbrella in one hand and a torch in the other, can be hassling. But that is how people in most...
