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River Ganga, communities, cultures & livelihood: will Indians preserve its life-sustaining legacy?

The author’s simple point, addressed to the power elite is to stop destroying the identity of indigenous communities; a destruction of the Himalayas will bring unprecedented crisis to Gangetic plains in India and so, we must not do anything that escalates the crisis we already facing.

All Assam Students’ Union protests coal mining in Dehing Patkai forest

The Dehing Patkai forest is also known as the Amazon of the East

The humanitarian crisis that Cyclone Amphan leaves behind

Government predicts there has been a loss of Rs. 1 lakh crore in West Bengal due to the cyclone

In Images: A cyclone’s fury

Amid lockdown and fear of the spread of the...

Blows of the sword to a corpse: Mamata Banerjee on Cyclone Amphan

The cyclone is now moving towards Jharkhand and Assam which are on high alert

Withdraw hasty Environment Clearance to Central Vista Project: NAPM

20,000 crores investment must be in public health, not pompous infrastructure

Exclusive: What Amphan means for Mamata Banerjee

Image: Puspal Chakrabarty (Sabrang is first to get the analysis)Our Mumbai...

After river-fronts, comes the season of water aerodromes

Priorities of Government of Gujarat in April-May 2020 amidst the Covid-19 pandemic

New political and economic models needed

Image Courtesy:counterview.netAs people stayed inside for close to a...

Scientists urge citizens to write to demand rejection of forest clearance in Dibang Valley

The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) is considering the clearance of 2.7 lakh trees for a hydroelectric project

Will take legal action if Guj gov’t fails to check flooding, water-logging: Environmentalists

They write that that if there is any damage to the environment or communities, authorities will have to compensate

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