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Jaltol, an open-source digital tool to ensure water security in rural India
Bengaluru-based Centre for Social and Environmental Innovation has launched a digital tool – Jaltol – that provides remote sensing data such as rainfall, soil moisture, changes in groundwater storage, together on a single platform. It is expected to make data more accessible, for water budget estimation and water management in rural areas.
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World AIDS Day: 11 steps to reduce AIDS deaths in India
In India, about 60,000 AIDS-related deaths were estimated in 2019. People living with HIV in India currently do not have access to the complete package of screening tests and treatments needed to reduce deaths due to Advanced HIV Disease, say organisations working on the disease.
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Govt teachers, sanitation workers in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh strongly protest the new pension scheme
Thousands of government employees, including teachers, sanitation and anganwadi workers, from across Uttar Pradesh gathered in Lucknow today to protest against the new pension scheme. They want the old pension scheme implemented. What is the new pension scheme and why the protests? Details here.
Shivani Gupta
Dehradun’s smart water ATMs provide clean drinking water at an affordable price
As part of the Smart City Dehradun project, 24 water ATMs have been installed at various locations in the capital of Uttarakhand. Shopkeepers, slum dwellers, migrant workers and travellers find these ATMs convenient. Fifty per cent of the ATM operators are women.
Megha Prakash
Tribal communities in Odisha’s Koraput protest bauxite mining to save their Mali hill
Exactly two months after a public hearing was held on September 22 to grant permission for bauxite mining in the tribal dominated Semiliguda block, and which had led to the arrest of 28 tribal leaders, the district administration organised another hearing on November 22 amidst tight security. Protests continue.
Ashis Senapati
He threw the liquor bottle to pick up the spice jar and they lived happily ever after
Gaon Connection collaborates with the World Health Organization for a social campaign against alcohol abuse. Video and audio stories along with memes constitute ‘Meri Pyaari Zindagi’, a series that aims to raise awareness on alcoholism. Sarju was a chronic drinker. His life was all about alcohol abuse and unleashing violence on his wife. Could his wife’s act of leaving the household convince Sarju to quit drinking?
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Artificial lungs turn black in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, just in a week; indicates high air pollution
An installation of white faux lungs in Chandrapur turned a sooty black within a week of its being put up, indicating the alarming rise in air pollution that puts everyone, and particularly the elderly at considerable health risk.
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Explained: What is known about Omicron — the worst COVID19 variant ever
First discovered in South Africa following a surge in COVID19 infections, isolated cases of people infected with the Omicron variant have so far been traced across five continents — Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and North America. Many countries have imposed travel restrictions. How dangerous is the new Omicron variant of COVID19. Details here.
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Parliament passes Bill to repeal the three Farm Laws
The Bill to repeal three contentious farm laws has been passed by the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha today. The opposition alleges the laws have been repealed without discussion.
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Garima Greh provides a safe space for the transgender community in Jaipur, Rajasthan
As part of a pilot project by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Garima Greh Yojana has been launched which encourages the transgender community to attend workshops that impart various professional skills to help earn a living.