Thoothukudi four months after the massacre
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Youth Stress in Institutions of Higher Learning, Can Short-term Fixes Work?
Student distress is an increasingly recognised concern, poignantly reflected in the rising instances of student suicides across institutions of higher learning in India. Despite institutional mechanis...
ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS, BIODIVERSITY
Kaziranga and the Question of ESZ
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced plans to reduce the Kaziranga Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) to one km as opposed to the current 10 km. The state government’s intention has raised con...
Arunachal’s Wetland Wonder: Glaw Lake Earns India’s 101st Ramsar Recognition
Glaw Lake was recently designated as Arunachal Pradesh’s First and India’s 101st Ramsar Site. It is located within the Kamlang Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary. It hosts diverse flora and fauna sp...
IMPACT ARTICLES
Kerala Floods: A Riverine Perspective
River management in India must be made a priority and strict laws should be enforced to preserve the river space. The floods in Kerala serve as a reminder that serious measures must be taken by the go...
Disaster Management in India: Flood Hazard
Rapid urbanisation, combined with changing courses of river bodies are posing new challenges for flood management. The existing mechanisms for flood risk mitigation are inadequate for addressing the r...
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Kerala Floods: A Riverine Perspective
River management in India must be made a priority and strict laws should be enforced to preserve the river space. The floods in Kerala serve as a reminder that serious measures must be taken by the government to combat these natural phenomena.
Disaster Management in India: Flood Hazard
Rapid urbanisation, combined with changing courses of river bodies are posing new challenges for flood management. The existing mechanisms for flood risk mitigation are inadequate for addressing the risks caused by floods in the present scenario. Recent floods in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand are cases in point.
