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In the News: Delegation from Varanasi meets Modi to chalk out developmental plan for holy city

From Zee News: 20 July 2014: New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met a delegation from his parliamentary constituency, of Varanasi to chalk out and implement developmental plan for the region. Varanasi Mayor, Ram Gopal Mohale, on Saturday said that they discussed implementation of budgetary provisions for the welfare of the people. “He is…
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In the News: Check in at the Ganges: Tourism ministry plans to float hotels on the river to boost tourism

From Business Standards: 25 July 2014: Planning to go sight-seeing on the Ganga? You might soon get to spend a couple of days and nights on it. As part of the Ganga rejuvenation scheme to boost tourism on the sacred river, the Narendra Modi-led central government wants to float hotels…
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In the News: The Ganges, India’s biggest sewage line

From Independent Online Travel by Bhuvan Bagga: 20 July 2014: Kanpur, India – Standing on the banks of the river Ganges a day after his election triumph, Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to succeed where numerous governments have failed: by cleaning up the filthy waterway beloved of India’s Hindus. From…
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In the News: India’s long, dark and dangerous walk to the toilet

From BBC News Magazine by Divya Arya 27 June 2014: The danger faced by women going to the toilet outdoors in rural India was made clear last month when two girls were ambushed, gang-raped and hanged from a tree. But defecation outside is normal for most Indian villagers – so…
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Kedarnath Katha

One katha was delivered in Augustmuni, Rudraparayag, near the center of last year’s disaster , by Respected Acharya Shiv Prasad Mamgaiji and the other was delivered at Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh) by Respected Sarasji Maharaj. During both of the week-long kathas Pujya Swamiji reminded and encouraged everyone to take the message…
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In the News: Dams without responsibility

From The Hindu by Meena Menon. 16 July 2014: Uttarakhand has to ensure that the quest for hydropower cannot come without a responsibility to preserve a region that is limping back to life. The devastation in Uttarakhand had already happened much before the cataclysmic events of June 2013. The unprecedented…
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In the News: From Life Positive: Go Solar

June 2014: Darshan Goswami makes a strong argument for India to harness concentrated solar power, a renewable, safe and clean resource, for its future energy needs Solar energy is an enormous resource that is readily available in all countries throughout the world, and all the space above the earth. Long…
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In the News: Reforming Energy Subsidies Could Curb India’s Water Stress

Across India, tubewells installed in the 1960s are now the source of controversy. (Water Integrity Blog) From Worldwatch Institute: Water scarcity is a global problem, as demonstrated by the recent droughts across the U.S. Midwest and the Horn of Africa. And it is projected to become increasingly widespread in the coming…
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In the News: Israel, Denmark keen to partner in Ganga cleanup, water management

From The Times of India, Mother Ganga is in the news today, in the article below: NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi’s pet Ganga cleanup programme and his mission for clean water has attracted interest from foreign nations. Israel and Denmark, global leaders in water technology and water management, say they…
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In the News: Plastic waste causes $13 billion in annual damage to marine ecosystems, says UN agency

23 June 2014 – Concern is growing over widespread plastic waste that is threatening marine life – with conservative yearly estimates of $13 billion in financial damage to marine ecosystems, according to two reports issued at the inaugural meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly. “Plastic contamination threatens marine life,…
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