Watching the #AmbaniWedding makes me so proud of our last month
On one hand, you have billionaires burning 1000 tons of carbon to fly into an airport granted "international status" to accommodate so many private jets, for a multi-day bash that will release even more CO2 into our atmosphere
On the other hand, Risham & I went up against centuries of tradition to have a one day #ClimateChange themed #ClimateWedding, winning friends&fam over to the cause
🥰 #ClimateDiary
Residents in #NewDelhi complained of breathing problems on Monday (April 22) after a massive fire broke out at a Ghazipur #landfill the day before. Large plumes of smoke continued to rise from the burning landfill in the city’s eastern district, where excavators were seen removing piles of garbage to deescalate the fire on Sunday (April 21) night. Tom Canetti reports.
Ikhlas was from #Ethiopia#Africa who came to #India in c1600 CE
Many of the immigrants who came from there rose to important positions in the courts of various courts of the #Indian Kingdoms.
India is terribly unprepared for the next climate disaster
Climate change is not explicitly on the voter’s agenda either. No one is willing to connect the dots between the promises of employment, electricity, and a booming economy to the ongoing and impending threats of climate change-induced disasters
Activist calls for border march in Ladakh to mark land lost to China
The march would be taken out in the north and south banks of Pangong Tso lake, Demchok, Chushul among others along the Line of Actual Control with China; two dates are shortlisted — March 27 and April 7.
The White House went to extraordinary lengths last year to welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra #Modi in a state visit meant to bolster ties with an ascendant power and potential partner against #China.
But even as the Indian leader was basking in #US adulation on June 22, an officer in India’s intelligence service was relaying final instructions to a hired hit team to kill one of Modi’s most vocal critics in the United States.
Yogita Raghuvanshi has been a long-haul #trucker in #India for over 20 years. She drives through rain in the foggy mountains of #Cherrapunji, one of the world's wettest regions, to pick up goods.
She talks about the dangers of her job, tricks to survive in harsh environments as a #woman, and being away from her children for long periods.
To combat #drought and revive their farmland, the villagers in Surajpura, Rajasthan, constructed a 15ft mud wall and trench system that spans nearly a mile.
It successfully conserved rainwater and redirected it to dry farms, reinvigorating them for the first time in over 20 years.
The water #conservation efforts led to the replenishment of wells, return of migratory birds, and the comeback of villagers who had migrated in search of work.
India remains one of the few countries in the world in which Hitler’s autobiographical manifesto Mein Kampf is openly sold, even in bookstores in railway platforms, and is enduringly one of the best-selling books in the country’. Harsh Mander - It happened. It can happen again #India#Fascism#Auschwitzhttps://t.co/uNCDZYzLnb
#India, an ethnically and religiously diverse country, is sadly slowly but surely turning into a Hindu nationalist state with its new draconian laws. #Biden's US govt of course pretends to be "concerned", but is quietly empowering Modi's Hindu nationalist govt by offering him preferential trade deals with #Europe in exchange for India's harsh stance against #China. For the sake of "containing" China, the US is prepared to side with Hindu supremacists.
The Cameroonian Ministry of Commerce announced yesterday a significant reduction in rice prices effective Friday. This price adjustment follows the arrival of a portion of the 190,000 metric tons of rice negotiated with India. The minister, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, detailed that the price for a 50 kg bag of Indian broken...
Uhoh! Someone’s mad at journalists again and Social Media companies are like “ok!”.
“YouTube is blocking access in India to a story by CBC's The Fifth Estate on the alleged contract killing of a Canadian Sikh separatist after the Indian government ordered the social media platform to take that action.” #CanPoli#CdnPoli#India#Nijjar#BCPoli#Youtube#Censorship
The Sustainability Ambassadors Global Exchange (SAGE) Program is back!
We are thrilled to announce the SAGE PhD Fellows program! This 3-year program is intended to nurture future impact leaders in solution-based sustainability research projects co-created with communities and consortia members.
In collaboration with The Nordic Centre in India we are also launching the 2nd year of our Sustainability Ambassadors Global Exchange (SAGE) Senior Ambassadors Program!
This is a unique opportunity to activate bright and motivated minds to consider current issues in global sustainability, with India as the target.
(In a mine with Khasi miners in the Garo Hills in Meghalaya, India)
I was midway through my college degree and I was stupid lucky to have landed a 'summer job' traveling across India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka for 3 months every year during my college summer breaks, writing and photographing stories about people, food, climate and culture
Cameroon cuts rice prices following import deal with India (www.businessincameroon.com)
The Cameroonian Ministry of Commerce announced yesterday a significant reduction in rice prices effective Friday. This price adjustment follows the arrival of a portion of the 190,000 metric tons of rice negotiated with India. The minister, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, detailed that the price for a 50 kg bag of Indian broken...