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ActionAid consolidated and analysed lake sample collection findings by KSPCB for a 24-month period A report on the quality of water in 106 lakes in Bengaluru Urban and Rural districts published by non-government organisation ActionAid India found that the water in none of the lakes sampled was fit for drinking or bathing. ActionAid consolidated and analysed lake sample collection findings by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for a 24-month period between January 2019 and December 2020. The data was consolidated on the basis of Water Quality Index (WQI) under different classe...

New Delhi: “ Mulga ani mulgi aatun vaaltat ahey” – in Marathi, this translates to ‘the boy, or girl, is drying up from the inside’. In Maharashtra, this phrase is used very frequently, as every second child in Maharashtra’s districts suffers from poor health. According to the state government, nearly 94,000 children are severely malnourished in the state. In 2017-18 more than 900 children died as a result of complications from malnutrition, stunting and wasting. Maharashtra’s Amravati and Nandurbar are tagged as the state’s toughest regions and where malnutrition rates in chil...

People-first: Solutions for safer roads in India Pedestrians atop a fence to cross a busy road in New Delhi, India. Credit: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters Road safety is a critical development priority for South Asia, impacting health, wellbeing and economic growth. Countries in the region must work together if they are to achieve the goal of halving road crash deaths by 2030. This blog is part of our Together for Road Safety campaign. Have you ever seen a person die on the road? Hit by a speeding vehicle, flung into the air, lying motionless in a pool of blood? I have. It was terrifying. Tha...

Green activists hail budget policy on green hydrogen ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Mon, Feb 1 2021 20:21 IST | ​ 0 Views electric commercial vehicles.. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Feb 1 : Environment activists and experts on Monday said the Budget announcements that India will soon have a policy on green hydrogen is a welcome step but expressed displeasure over lack of policy on closing inefficient coal plants and clarity on electric public transport vehicles. Responding to the budget announcements, Aarti Khosla, Director Climate Trends, told IANS there were several key indicat...

Budget 2021: Why manufacturing industry expects more incentives this time Budget 2021 provides an opportunity to harness the capabilities required to implement transformative reforms and build upon the foundations integral for the manufacturing sector to contribute to 25% of the country's GDP by 2025 The manufacturing sector optimistically awaits the announcements in what is deemed to be a "budget like never before" Economic growth in India over the years has been propelled by growth in the services sector. Today, the sector contributes the highest to India's GDP. In contrast, the manufacturi...