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‘Why isn’t lack of safe drinking water a poll issue?’
With every political party busy in poll battle issues of basic amenities such as access to safe drinking water have taken a back seat, feel many villagers of Uttar Pradesh — the most populous state of the country. Lack of access to safe piped water has left people excessively dependent on hand-pumps and bore-wells, many […]
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Environment gets voted into party manifestos
Excerpts: Environmental issues like clean air, water, waste management and clean energy have made a significant appearance in India’s 2019 elections. Mongabay-India analysed manifestos of several national and regional political parties and found that issues related to water and air pollution, water scarcity, clean energy, coasts and Himalayas are a prominent part of party manifestos […]
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Why environmental issues are non-existent in this election
On climate change, the Congress has used all the right words and promised an action agenda to combat global warming. The BJP, on the other hand, is largely silent on the issue of climate change apart from the promise of achieving the goal of 175 GW renewable energy by 2022. In the last few days, […]
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After farmers, fluorosis victims to contest against Modi, Rahul
After farmers from Tamil Nadu, it’s the turn of fluorosis victims from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to file nominations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Twenty victims and activists from the fluorosis-hit States are going to file nominations on April 22. Thirty-four-year-old Anshula Swami, Suvarna Ramavath (24) and Veeramalla Rajitha […]
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Villagers affected by fluorosis, officials unmoved
BARIPADA: Mamuni Singh of Joka village in Bangiriposi block suffers from fluorosis for no fault of her own. The 56-year-old woman is suffering from chronic pain in her joints and back, indigestion and liver complications. Her posture is bent and gait an arduous limp.Across the village, it is a common sight. Like Mamuni, several other villagers of […]
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FDA grits its teeth over ‘misleading’ claim, seizes Rs 5 crore toothpaste brands
MUMBAI: The state Food & Drug Administration (FDA) seized stocks of toothpaste worth Rs 4.69 crore from godowns of multinational companies GSK Consumer Healthcare and Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd in Bhiwandi over “misleading claims”. “Our officers in Thane seized stocks of Rs 4.27 crore of Sensodyne with fluoride toothpaste in different variants and pack sizes,’’ FDA […]
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India’s water woes: Could special ATMs solve the lack of clean drinking water?
Tap water in India isn’t always clean; people often have to turn to bottled drinking water instead. But that’s too expensive for poorer communities. Social entrepreneurs are stepping in with an unusual solution. The families living at the edge of the Bhalswa landfill site in Delhi came to the capital from West Bengal in search of […]
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Modi, KCR in secret pact: RaGa
Zaheerabad/ Wanaparthy/ Huzurnagar: AICC president Rahul Gandhi [Ra Ga] called upon the people to decide whether they want leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao who are into secret pact and support each other but accuse each other in public or a party which was committed for welfare and […]
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Assam’s groundwater contamination will worsen, experts warn
Guwahati, March 29 – Its the peak election season. But, even as political parties go all out to appease voters, the worsening quality of groundwater hardly finds any mention. In northeast India, Assam is in the middle of a grave groundwater contamination crisis. According to government estimates, fluoride contamination affects 23 districts and arsenic contamination […]
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Fluoride distribution in underground water of district Mahendergarh, Haryana, India
Full Report Abstract High fluoride concentration in groundwater occurs in majority of the dry and semidry regions of the Indian subcontinent. Mahendergarh district of Haryana state has been identified as Red Alert zone of high fluoride by Geological Survey of India (GSI). Most of the residents of Mahendergarh district are using ground water for drinking […]
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