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भूमिगत डिफ्यूजर-ड्रिप सिंचाई का विकल्प!
<p>गिरते जल स्तर व बढ़ते जल संकट के बीच समस्त आबादी के लिए खाद्य सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित करना बड़ी चुनौती है। ऐसी स्थिति में उपलब्ध जल का कुशलता से उपयोग समय की मांग है। भूमिगत डिफ्यूजर सिंचाई की एक ऐसी ही...
Pause and Reboot: Reflections on Economy, Society and Polity during Covid-19 Global Pandemic and Lessons for India
The current global crisis arising out of Covid-19 pandemic that has already consumed hundred of lives worldwide, has once again exposed glaring weaknesses of the economic, social and political order p...
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...
Responsive Urban Planning: Covid-19 a Turning Point for Real Change in Indian Cities
The global challenge of COVID-19 is still unfurling. States are grappling to control its remorseless spread with varied success and its impact both on long and short-term scales are still being unders...
Wild Meat and Wet Markets: A Global Dialogue
Wet markets operate in most Asian countries including India. China reported its wet markets as the epicentre of the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan and also more recently in Beijing. These wet markets, a t...
Sea Wall in the Maldives and its Sustainability
The Small Island Developing States are particularly vulnerable to the peril of climate change. Sea level rise, increase in sea surface temperature, high incidences of drought and flood are some of the...
To Pluck at Will: Fruit Trees in Common Property
Despite many governmental initiatives, malnutrition in India remains a major health challenge. There is a marked deficit of fruits in the diet of most Indians, consuming much lower than what is recomm...
Mercury levels spike in Svalbard polar bears
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus)-classified as a marine mammal, roam the arctic sheets and swim in the region’s coastal waters. As these bears depend on sea ice for their existence and are directly impac...
Voluntary Isolation of the Boti
As the world struggles with the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, I am reminded of the indigenous group Boti and their remote, tiny kingdom in West Timor, Indonesia. When I visited them in 2017, I was in awe...
Migrants and borders: My wishlist in a post-Covid-19 world
An opinion piece that discusses migrants and the nation’s economy, polity and society. The author argues that India’s multilevel federalism needs to be protected to make internal migration safe, order...