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The Ganges Water Sharing Agreement will expire in 2026. What awaits then?

There is enough economic justification for pursuing a policy to achieve the Vision Scenario.

As if COVID-19 was not enough, Amphan has not merely damaged infrastructure, rendered many homeless, and affected small businesses — but has imposed a cost on the West Bengal economy whose indelible impacts will be felt in the long-run.

भारत के सफ़ल टीकाकरण अभियान और उसकी रणनीतियों में उपयुक्त

The intersecting impacts of COVID-19 and climate change are compounding the vulnerabilities of coastal communities.  This paper examines the disastrous effects of cyclone Amphan in the Bengal delta region of the Indian Sundarbans amidst a countrywide lockdown triggered by the pandemic, and their cascading consequences for a rural community inhabiting this climate hotspot. It highlights the livelihood crisis experienced by internal rural-urban mi

The hydropower projects in Myanmar are riddled with challenges, therefore, a more holistic approach needs to be adopted, making sure all the stakehold

The incapability of processing grief after the death of loved ones during COVID-19 has showcased the need to address shortcomings in the mental health

The rapid mutation of the coronavirus and threat of new variants have indicated that COVID-19 is likely to remain for the long term

A week ago, oil giant Chevron-Texaco's Nigerian unit decided to keep its production of 23,000 barrels a day shut till its oil facilities attacked and damaged by members of the Ijaw tribe are found to be in order. Disruption of oil operations, hostage taking, inter-ethnic clashes are not new for Nigeria¿s oil-rich Niger Delta.

The spread of the new Omicron variant raises pertinent questions over the long-term protection against COVID-19

The management of the Omicron wave has been marked by mixed signals and rising skepticism against the government

What makes the waters of the Gulf of Guinea vulnerable to piracy?

This paper argues in favour of integrating valuation of ecosystem services in development policy planning in India. The paper presents three cases where monetary values of ecosystem services have been estimated to illustrate the significance of the exercise: the Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) in Uttarakhand, the Kunigal Wetlands in Karnataka, and the Indian Sundarbans Delta (ISD) in West Bengal. The first two cases highlight the ecosystem-livelihoods

The lessons learnt from COVID-19 management and vaccine distribution challenges

Storm strikes are common in the Indian Sundarbans Delta on the northern Bay of Bengal and will only become more frequent and intense in this era of climate change. Every time a cyclone has hit the Sundarbans, the attempt has been to adapt in situ by creating protective infrastructure, and later return to the same conditions prevailing prior to the disaster. Such reliance on the notion of ‘resilience’ has become increasingly unsustainable and

Bangladesh would require international support to ramp up its vaccine production to avoid jeopardising its sovereignty in the search for foreign vacci

Have we learnt our lessons from experiences of countries across globe in handling the Omicron variant? Is India prepared enough?

India’s successful vaccination drive along with relevant revisions in its strategy have proved useful in the third wave

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गंगा जल बंटवारा समझौता 2026 में ख़त्म हो जाएगा. ये याद रखना च�

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जागतिक बँकेच्या अहवालानुसार, कोविडनंतर भारतातील १२ दशलक्षांहून अधिक लोक अतिदारिद्र्याच्या खाईत ढकलले गेले.

जागतिक बँकेच्या अहवालानुसार, कोविडनंतर भारतातील १२ दशलक्षांहून अधिक लोक अतिदारिद्र्याच्या खाईत ढकलले गेले.