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Now, climate smart rice to save farmers in India's flood prone areas

Farmers in India's eastern region, prone for flash floods, are now shifting to flood-tolerant variety of rice, developed by Manila-based International Rice Research Institu...

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Environment

Forest fires now more frequent across the globe

Given strong relationship between climate and fire, these fires are expected to occur more frequently, says US climate assessment reportOklahoma in the US declared a state ...

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Leaders From Three Continents Join Fellowship To Bring New, Local Perspectives On International Development To Global Dialogue

“This year’s class of fellows is an impressive crowd that will match the incredible work we saw in the first class of New Voices,” said Andrew Quinn, dire...

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Environment

East Antarctica melt could cause a global coastal destruction

Parts of the vast ice sheet of East Antarctica - which collectively holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 53 meters - could begin an irreversible slide into the ...

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Environment

India may witness poor monsoon this year

India may witness poor rainfall this monsoon season, scientists said Wednesday. This has been linked to the El Nino, a weather phenomenon characterized by unusually warm oc...

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Sustainable Development

Only caste matters here, not development, employment

For 45-year-old Kishani Gurjar, election meant supporting a person of her own caste. A resident of Kamalpura village in Bharatpur district, Kishani did not much think about...

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Hollywood

TV director’s charity reaches out to Ukrainian Holocaust survivors

Zane Buzby?s day job is as a successful Hollywood television sitcom director, but her real passion lies in her charity organization, the Survivor Mitzvah Project (SMP), whi...

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Sustainable Development

New school to focus on energy and environment

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s joint school of sustainable development in Xian will contribute to energy and environmental policies on the mainland,...

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Environment

British Floods, California Drought: A Connection?

This winter, weather reports have been full of extremes. California, for instance, has had the driest year in 119 years of recordkeeping, with the Sierra snowpack less than...

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Environment

Odisha set to implement Climate Change Action Plan

With Climate Change becoming a phenomenon affecting almost every part of the world, local governments are taking it into their hands to turn things around. Odisha, a state ...

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