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Ex-banker quits job to build Rs 21 crore chemical-free farming empire in Andhra Pradesh, empowers 3,000 rural womenA former banker, Amith Kishan, completely changed his life by establishing Hebbevu Farms in Andhra Pradesh, a 650-acre natural farming ente...- A top banker tried to sway Pope Leo XIV on rare earth miningLatin America's development bank chief urged Pope Leo XIV to consider responsible rare earth mineral extraction, highlighting its potential...
- Burnt-out Indonesians beat the blues with children's gamesIn Indonesia, a remarkable trend is emerging as adults turn back to their childhoods to combat modern stress. Engaging in traditional child...
- Vegetable prices skyrocketed during Modi Govt's tenure: Telanagana CM Revanth ReddyTelangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy inaugurated a new fruit market and sub-registrar office complex. He criticized the central governmen...
- No regular chief secretary for now, IAS officer K K Pant given additional chargeSenior IAS officer Kamlesh Kumar Pant has been given the additional charge of Chief Secretary in Himachal Pradesh. He currently holds posit...
- India’s top banks failing to tackle climate risk as threats growIndia's major banks are disclosing more climate data but not using it for lending decisions. Physical climate risks like floods and heat ar...
- PM Modi’s Ujjwala at 10 marks shift from access to empowerment, says education minister Dharmendra PradhanTen years on, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana has provided clean cooking fuel to over 10 crore women. This initiative has significantly i...
- Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'Toxic runoff from unregulated rare earth mines in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating the Mekong River and its tributaries, threatening the l...
- How long will Modi govt live in denial, asks Congress citing World Bank's air pollution reportA recent World Bank analysis reveals that air pollution claims approximately one million lives each year in the Indo-Gangetic Plains and th...
- World Bank launches comprehensive programme to combat air pollution crisis in IndiaThe World Bank has initiated a comprehensive program to address India's severe air pollution crisis, targeting the impact of ambient partic...
- Change in approach needed to improve air quality & reduce level of pollutants: World Bank studyA new study by the World Bank, released on Thursday, calls for a shift away from focusing on pollution control in cities and hotspots to an...
- View: It can’t be business as usual in severely polluted DelhiJust days ago, a colleague shared the picture of his infant girl—her little face hidden behind a nebuliser mask, a new routine recommended ...
- Four international agencies to join govt’s effort to tackle air pollution in 102 citiesIndia has sealed a deal with the World Bank, German development agency, the Asian Development Bank and Bloomberg Philanthropies to build ca...
- Smog hangs heavy over India's GDP tooA World Bank study released last year revealed that India lost more than 8.5% of its GDP in 2013 due to cost of increased welfare and lost ...
- Study: World pollution deadlier than wars, disasters, hungerOne out of every six premature deaths in the world in 2015 — about 9 million — could be attributed to disease from toxic exposure, accordin...
- Two Indians die every minute due to air pollution: StudyThe smog over northern India is extracting a heavy toll, every minute two lives are lost in India due to ambient air pollution, the study p...
- Why we have failed to tackle air pollution: 5 reasonsThe CPCB gets real-time air quality data from only two or three monitoring stations in most cities. This gives a skewed picture of air qual...
- Rise in ozone levels in India, harmful for lungs and crops: ReportA World Bank report estimates that the concentrations of O3 has increased by 10 to 20% in India between 1990 and 2013.
- Air pollution costing economy Rs 3.75L crore a year: World BankOnly outdoor air pollution in urban areas claims 1.09 lakh lives of adults, another 7,513 of children below 5 years annually, says a latest...
- World Bank offers $1 billion to clean Ganga"World Bank has been engaged for a long-term support of National Ganga River Basin Authority, a body headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Sing...
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