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Yash Khandelwal
I run an initiative to spread awareness on prevailing Environmental issues to make this world a better place. Founder: Ailing Delhi Contact: ailingdelhi@gmail.com
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The expectations from the budget of FY 2021-2022 had been extremely high since the country faced huge economic retardation after fighting the Coronavirus pandemic for almost a year. The strategic budget allocation for the environment had been very crucial this year. Given the country’s heavy investments for developing new entrepreneurial ventures, the natural resources were […]
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The Yamuna, the largest tributary of River Ganga which once was a perennial river, now flows fragmented in drier seasons. The minimal E-flow and heavy pollution have not only affected the river’s natural ecosystem but also the human communities associated. With no sign of urgency amongst the public to remediate the river, the situation is […]
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We humans have always been ignorant about the possible jeopardy that environmental degradation brings with itself. We aren’t considerate enough about the fact that every plastic bag that reaches the river joins to retaliate as a calamity.
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“The river presently, not only receives large volumes of domestic sewage and industrial waste but also lacks the basic minimum of freshwater as almost all the water present in the river is diverted for various consumptive uses like drinking, agriculture, and industries at the Hathnikund barrage.”
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The Yamuna holds a special significance in Hindu mythology. Bathing in River Yamuna frees one from the torments of death, according to the beliefs of Hindus. But with the growing population, pollution, sewage and industrial waste, the river has now turned lifeless.  The river being the main source of water for Delhi is one of […]
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Inhaling clean air throughout our lives will always be one of the most fundamental necessities for human beings. Even the Constitution of India holds Right to Breathe Clean Air as a part of Right to Life under Article 21. Despite the fact that the country's citizens are ensured to enjoy an unadulterated air PAN India by the national rulebook itself, the public of its capital city severely suffers from a heavy violation of this essential right.
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The world today more than ever has been endorsing the adoption of plant-based diets in our lifestyles but how many of us get sensitized towards animals and try to make a transition?
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The journey into the year 2020 definitely has been a rough ride for the whole world due to the prevalence of the global health crisis. Though the COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as global healthcare, social, and economic calamity, it has brought a healing dose for the repairment of nature. Some of its splendid impacts on […]
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Being a source of life and livelihood, oceans bestow with unprecedented opportunities for sustaining life-form. Not only do these giants act as climate buffers for the world but also provide a home to diverse marine species in their deep trenches. Oceans construct a habitat for innumerable species of fish, reptiles, cetaceans, mollusks, echinoderms, sponges, marine […]
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Three months have passed since the meeting of National Board for Wildlife (NBWL), when the Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change(MoEFCC) proposed forest clearance for the first time amidst lockdown, and during this nd during this period it has been observed that the government has taken multiple opportunities to...
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Soon after Russia’s State weather authority confirmed the rise of temperature to 100.4°F in the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk, an all-time highest for the Arctic region, the climate scientists and activists came forward to discuss this persistent increase of heat in the region. Additionally, the Paleo Temperature Time Series, a Holocene global mean surface temperature […]
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