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Chronic Hot Days: Heatwaves, Health Consequences and Policy Framework
Heatwaves have become one of the most lethal and least acknowledged consequences of climate change in India. What was once an occasional extreme is now a defining feature of India’s seasonal climate,...
Salty Invasion: Sea-Level Rise, Saltwater Intrusion and Coastal Communities
India’s coastal regions, stretching thousands of kilometers, are on the frontlines of a creeping environmental crisis—saltwater intrusion. Unlike cyclones or tsunamis, this is a disaster that doesn’t...
Forecasting Heat: Science, Governance, and the Crisis of Compliance
Heatwaves in India have evolved from seasonal anomalies to one of the country’s most pressing climate emergencies. While the meteorological understanding of heatwaves has advanced significantly, facil...
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Disaster Mapping and NRDMS-Geo-spatial applications for Good Governance
<p>The wrath of natural disasters on the face of the earth has been witnessed for millions of years. From the meteor that wiped out the dinosaur race, to the 2010 Haiti earthquake which took approxima...
UNESCO adds 15 new Geoparks, not a single from India
<p>Fifteen new areas have been designated as the Global Unesco Geoparks. Out of 161 geoparks in the world, not a single belongs to India. Despite having several astoundingly beautiful geoheritage site...
Covid 19: Politics of Knowledge, Public Health and the World Order
In the present era of a knowledge society, the world order will be shaped more than ever before by the politics of knowledge. In the post-COVID world, public health knowledge is likely to be a signifi...
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Disaster Mapping and NRDMS-Geo-spatial applications for Good Governance
<p>The wrath of natural disasters on the face of the earth has been witnessed for millions of years. From the meteor that wiped out the dinosaur race, to the 2010 Haiti earthquake which took approximately 316,000 lives and displaced million (Live Science, 2018).</p>
UNESCO adds 15 new Geoparks, not a single from India
<p>Fifteen new areas have been designated as the Global Unesco Geoparks. Out of 161 geoparks in the world, not a single belongs to India. Despite having several astoundingly beautiful geoheritage sites, India lacks a proper conservation mechanism to help place them on the world map.</p>
