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Hridayesh Joshi

- India
- March 28, 2020, 09:03 IST
When Blood Runs Cold: Covid-19 Lockdown Deepens Problems for Thousands of Thalassaemia Patients
As the country is under lockdown for at least three weeks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the thalassaemia patients are not getting blood donors and are also unable to easily travel for treatment and therapy.
- India
- March 25, 2020, 13:41 IST
A Wind of Change: The Coronavirus Curse Has Been a Boon for India's Air Quality
But to deal with the problem of toxic air, the country needs a better plan as pollution will rise again when the COVID-19 pandemic is over and economic activity and daily life returns to normal.
- Business
- March 21, 2020, 09:47 IST
Beyond Janta Curfew: Govt Must Ensure MSME Sector, Backbone of Economy, Survives Coronavirus
Narendra Modi must execute an elaborate and effective plan to assure the country that government will take care of the jobs and businesses, while fighting this health emergency in these testing times.
- Opinion
- March 11, 2020, 14:19 IST
How Coronavirus Has Contaminated The Global Response to Climate Change
As the financial losses caused by COVID 19 all over the world will drain resources, it will also affect the political will – particularly of rich nations who have pledged to provide money to the poor and developing countries – to combat global warming.
- India
- December 22, 2019, 17:41 IST
How Solid Waste and Lack of its Segregation Destroying Ecologically Sensitive Himalayas
According to Niti Aayog, more than 60% of the water supply in Uttarakhand is spring fed and garbage dumping in storm water drains can pollute all the water sources.
- India
- December 02, 2019, 09:55 IST
Economy in Slump, India Faces Bigger Test as Climate Summit Begins With 'Point of No Return' Warning
Although, India has been arguing that its per capita carbon emissions are far less than any of these countries, it is still the fourth largest emitter of carbon in the world after China, US and EU.
- India
- August 18, 2019, 12:55 IST
As Cabinet Clears 100% FDI in Coal Sector, Here's What Common Man Can Expect from Fresh Push
The Centre for Financial Accountability has found that only five coal power projects with a total capacity of 3800 MW received financing of ₹6,081 crore in 2018.
- India
- August 11, 2019, 11:40 IST
Mysuru's 3,000% Rain, Crores of Assets in Ruin: Why These Floods May Just be Start of Greater Damages
With a 7,500-kilometre coastline, more than 10,000 big and small glaciers in the Himalayan region, and different agro-climatic zones, India is highly sensitive to global warming.
- India
- August 07, 2019, 19:54 IST
Coal Utilisation Won’t Decrease in India’s Energy Mix, Strict Emission Norms for Power Plants Needed to Save Lives
More than 63% of India’s installed power generation capacity today comes from coal-fired plants but most of these power stations are not fitted with pollution control technology. Although the central government revised emissions standards in 2015, no power plant had complied by the end of 2017, leading the government to extend the deadline to 2022.
- India
- July 24, 2019, 07:52 IST
Death of a River: How Hydro Power Plants Have Sucked the Life Out of Yamuna, the Lifeline of Delhi
Environmentalists are worried that Lakhwar and Vyasi projects will further damage the little untouched part of Yamuna and perish the aquatic life and biodiversity of the watercourse.
- India
- July 07, 2019, 09:56 IST
With 17% World Population and Just 4% of Water, Climate Change Clock Ticking on India
This is a monsoon deficit year in India. Delhi has witnessed around 90% less rainfall in the last five weeks. A large part of country has not seen monsoon yet.
- India
- June 12, 2019, 12:39 IST
In Parched Rajasthan, Digging up Ponds the Only Way to Control Water Crisis and a Death Trap
In Rajathan, drought has accelerated the migration to cities because crops are failing and there is no work in the villages.
- India
- June 03, 2019, 16:33 IST
Worst Forest Fires in Decades Continue to Gut Green Wealth, But Govt Has No Plan of Action
While the government seems to have no effective disaster management plan in place to control such forest fires in the Himalayas (or elsewhere in the country) occurring every year, the total loss of forest wealth has gone beyond 2,000 hectares.
- Politics
- May 24, 2019, 13:36 IST
Ghost of Polarisation to Haunt Mamata Banerjee After BJP Storms Bengal Bastion
Both the Left front and Congress have been accusing Banerjee of facilitating BJP’s entry into West Bengal by 'feeding the politics of polarisation'.
- India
- May 14, 2019, 17:48 IST
In Varanasi, New Solar Tech is Helping Beleaguered Saree Weavers Save Their Tradition
A customized system to harness solar energy was designed for weavers by TERI as the craft of saree making is complex and it requires varying degrees of power at a very short intervals.

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