World Water Day 2023: Traditional reverence helped preserve and tap North Sikkim’s springs
Facililated by the Jal Jeevan Mission, around 90 per cent of the households in the district now have functional household tap connections
Costing norms for mid-day meals, Anganwadis not revised despite food inflation
Schools, Anganwadis find it difficult to meet nutritional needs of children, mothers, as a result
World Health Day: ‘Enable all rural Indian girls to avail education, regardless of categories’
In states like Rajasthan, pre-matric scholarships are restricted to socially disadvantaged populations and sums vary across categories, which …
World Water Day 2023: Nuapada switched to surface from ground sources to solve its problems of quality and quantity
After the launch of Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019, the district witnessed a drastic change in the sector of rural water supply. River water was …
World Water Day 2023: Ladana in Rajasthan made conjunctive use of ground, surface sources to solve its scarcity problem
The village dug three wells and constructed an overhead tank that can store both groud and surface water
Bihar schoolkids to grow organic vegetables, fruits for their mid-day meals
After a successful pilot project, 20,000 schools will now be given Rs 5,000 each and asked to develop kitchen gardens
World Food Day: Preserving food diversity vital to achieve zero hunger by 2030
Increasing production of staple crops such as wheat, rice and maize cannot meet the rising food demand. That is why we need to fall back on …
What are we doing to stop plastic menace?
The mission to end the plastic menace must include ending single-use plastics, promoting alternatives to fossil fuel-based materials, …
International Day for Biological Diversity 2020: Spotlight on nature-based solutions
The purpose of observing the International Day for Biological Diversity is to highlight importance of conserving biodiversity
World Lion Day 2023: The big cat once roamed Arabia and left an indelible mark on Arab culture
It is said that there are nearly 700 names or terms used for the lion in Arabic dialects and literature
World Water Day 2023: India can show the world how water management can be reinvented, says CSE
National workshop held in Lucknow on ‘Sustainable and Inclusive Sanitation and Water for All’ highlights the steps Uttar Pradesh is …
Question mark over Bihar kids’ future as mid-day meals in limbo due to pandemic
Malnutrition and stunting among Bihar’s children could rise due to mid-day meals being stopped ever since COVID-19 struck
World Environment Day 2023: This project in south India is all about bridging art, conservation and empowerment
Adivasis make life-sized elephants from lantana; this provides them with employment besides decreasing lantana in the forest and raises awareness …
World Cancer Day 2023: Indian children with the disease are in dire straits; here is why
Children with cancer in India grapple with lack of awareness, adequate treatment and low survival rate
Steep rise in food poisoning cases after eating mid-day meals this year: Data
Food poisoning cases in Bihar, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have been highest in the last 6 years
Menstrual Hygiene Day: It’s time for action
We must make the menstruation narrative about girls and women instead of pads and pad men
International Women’s Day: Self-help groups are institutions with bargaining power today; now it is time for the next step
Self-help groups bring about socio-economic empowerment of women by providing access to income-generating opportunities. Focus should now be on …
World Heritage Day: ‘Himalayan geo-heritage sites under threat to road construction activities’
DTE talks to ON Bhargava, geology professor at Panjab University, Chandigarh about why roads must be constructed in the Himalayas on the basis of …
How India's water conservation methods can be upgraded to fit rural requirements
In the absence of holistic strategies, the urban issues may get induced to the resource-constrained rural areas
World Lion Day 2023: How do we conserve our Asiatic Lions?
We must recognise lions as a precious part of our collective natural heritage and how much we owe our support to ensure their long-term conservation.
World Youth Day: Digital economy can boost livelihood opportunities for young refugees
Digital labour and e-commerce platforms can help refugees and displaced people transition to decent work, says ILO report
World Elephant Day: It is time to retire Amer Fort’s working elephants
A non-profit, World Animal Protection, has urged the Rajasthan government to retire elephants used to give joyrides to tourists at Amer Fort in Jaipur
World Elephant Day: Poaching of elephants for their skin could wipe them out
Poaching elephants for their skins to use in Asian medicine, will not just target males but also females and calves
World Food Day 2019: FAO calls for healthy diets to build zero-hunger world
The United Nations body noted that people around the world were either suffering from obesity or food insecurity
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