जब जंगलों में रहने वाले लोग बाहरी दुनिया के लोगों से मिलते हैं तो बाहरी चमक-दमक देखकर वनवासियों के युवा बाहरी दुनिया को और जानना, समझना चाहते हैं। उन्हें अपनी संस्कृति, अपने लोगों की तुलना में बाहरी दुनिया ज्यादा मोहक लगती है और यहीं से पलायन की शुरु होती है। अपने गाँव के बुजुर्गों और उनके बताए ज्ञान को एक कोने में रखकर युवा घर से दूर होने लगते हैं और यहीं से पारंपरिक ज्ञान के पतन की शुरुआत भी होती है।

With 22 Islamic countries having already banned triple talaq and halala and India being a secular country, this disgrace should have long been banned here as well

Heavy downpour has caused severe waterlogging in the northeastern city, which has an intricate network of rivers and beels (wetlands) that form its natural drainage system. But encroachment on water bodies has increased the incidence of urban flooding.

The lowest compliance to the ban was recorded in Delhi (88 %), followed by Gwalior (84 %), Mumbai (71 %), and Guwahati (77 %). Bengaluru had the least usage of single-use plastics among the surveyed cities.

In the recently concluded Monsoon Session of the Parliament, the Union government informed the Lower House that child marriages have more than doubled from 395 cases in 2017 to 1,050 cases in 2021. Karnataka has reported the most child marriages with 706 such cases while Uttar Pradesh has recorded 30 such cases in these five years.

Baby milk powder coupled with a lack of access to clean drinking water has resulted in the deaths of millions of babies in low and middle income countries between 1960 and 2015, finds a recent study.

A primary school teacher shares her experience about her attempts to bring about a positive social change in a village by doing her bit to eradicate child marriages. She raised awareness amongst her students and tries to educate as many students as she possibly can.

In a bid to protect its cattle from the prevalent lumpy skin viral outbreak in the neighbouring states, the Uttar Pradesh government has directed the officials to check the transport of cattle and conduct vaccination of cows and buffaloes. Details here.

Foresters can now easily track mobile phones of poachers and wildlife criminals. They have also been trained in the use of firearms.

The Union government has informed the Parliament that between 2017-18 and 2021-22, India’s electronic-waste generation has increased from roughly 0.7 million tonnes to 1.6 million tonnes. Read on to know about the environmental and health impact of e-waste which is on a constant increase.