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Green Climate Company to help Chennai fight climate change

The Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company is an initiative to combat climate change. Citizen Matters spoke to Environment Secretary Supriya Sahu IAS to learn more about its mission.

Laasya Shekhar

Laasya is a principal correspondent at Newslaundry. She earlier worked with Citizen Matters and Deccan Chronicle, and has written extensively on environmental issues, women and child rights.

No Woman's Land: Female Cab Drivers On Indian Roads

Chennai's Kolathur market, hub of ornamental fish trade, suffers sudden dip in sales amid pandemic [details]

Kashmir's ill-equipped health system and government's push for tourism led to a COVID crisis

31 May 2021 A Kashmiri doctor in a protective suit takes a nasal swab sample of a nomad to test for COVID-19 in Kashmir’s Budgam, on 18 May 2021. The current spike in cases in Kashmir is, at least in part, because the administration encouraged an influx of tourists in an attempt to portray Kashmir as having returned to normalcy. Dar Yasin / AP Photo A Kashmiri doctor in a protective suit takes a nasal swab sample of a nomad to test for COVID-19 in Kashmir’s Budgam, on 18 May 2021. The current spike in cases in Kashmir is, at least in part, because the administration encouraged an influx of tourists in an attempt to portray Kashmir as having returned to normalcy.

Who is Disha Ravi, arrested in the Greta Thunberg toolkit case?

Who is Disha Ravi, arrested in the Greta Thunberg toolkit case? Quartz 15/02/2021 © Provided by Quartz 2018 was the year when Greta Thunberg took the world by storm. The Swedish climate change activist, then 15 years old, started Fridays for Future, which calls itself as “a global people’s movement for climate justice.” In India, Disha Ravi, a college student at Mount Carmel College in Bengaluru, plunged in. She started Fridays for Future India, coordinating strikes in different areas in the city every Friday, as she told Citizen Matters in 2019. Her motivation to become a climate activist stemmed from watching her grandparents, who are farmers, struggle with the effects of climate change, she said in an interview with Auto Report Africa in 2020.

Who is Disha Ravi, arrested in the Greta Thunberg toolkit case? — Quartz India

February 15, 2021 2018 was the year when Greta Thunberg took the world by storm. The Swedish climate change activist, then 15 years old, started Fridays for Future, which calls itself as “a global people’s movement for climate justice.” In India, Disha Ravi, a college student at Mount Carmel College in Bengaluru, plunged in. She started Fridays for Future India, coordinating strikes in different areas in the city every Friday, as she told Citizen Matters in 2019. Her motivation to become a climate activist stemmed from watching her grandparents, who are farmers, struggle with the effects of climate change, she said in an interview with Auto Report Africa in 2020.

COVID-19: When gaps in data and communication made the crisis worse

COVID-19: When gaps in data and communication made the crisis worse COVID-19: When gaps in data and communication made the crisis worse THE COMMUNICATION CRISIS DURING THE PANDEMIC In Bengaluru, the Municipality's Special Commissioner (finance) M Lokesh convinced migrant workers and their families heading back to their villages in tractors to stay. They were assured of food and shelter. Pic: Twitter handle of BBMP Commissioner “It was a tough time and we were really stressed and worried,” recalled Adarsh, a student pursuing law in a Dehradun college. Adarsh was one of many students who had come to study in one of Dehradun’s many educational institutions who were caught totally unprepared by the sudden lockdown last March. “We really struggled to understand the government rules and make sense of it”.

Kashmiris struggle with shortage of essential items in Srinagar after closure of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

Kashmiris struggle with shortage of essential items in Srinagar after closure of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway Srinagar is totally dependent on supplies of essentials such as petroleum, LPG, kerosene, vegetables, poultry and mutton, as well as other grocery items, from outside via this road “At some point of time, we may die of starvation and the sole reason will be this road link.” Muhammad Sultan, a fruit seller who plies his trade at the busy Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar city, could be forgiven his dire prediction. But he is only one of many whose livelihoods have been seriously impacted by the closure of the 300-kilomtre Jammu-Srinagar Highway, the only road link that connects the Valley to the rest of India and a lifeline for over 6.5 million people.

All that we know about the COVID shots from the health ministry

All that we know about the COVID shots from the health ministry All that we know about the COVID shots from the health ministry Will Covid-19 vaccination be administered to all at the same time? The Government has identified those who are most vulnerable to the infection and priority will be given to them.  Firstly to the healthcare workers and then to the frontline workers. In the second phase, the vaccine will be administered to those above 50 years and those below 50 years with a history of high blood pressure, heart ailments, diabetes and other comorbid conditions. Later, depending on the need, Covid-19 vaccination will be administered to others in a phased manner.