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Village battles cancer as Punjab’s environmental crisis deepens

The village of Sirsiwala in Punjab's Mansa district is grappling with an alarming rise in cancer cases linked to groundwater pollution and intensive pesticide use.

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Erratic rainfall clouds butterfly migration in Tamil Nadu

Declining butterfly migration in Tamil Nadu has worried environmentalists as these insects play a crucial role in pollination and pest control, besides serving as indicators to temperature changes and pollution levels.

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Eco bricks offer hope against plastic pollution

India generates 3.4 million metric tonnes of plastic waste annually, with only 30% recycled. Amid growing concerns, youth in Angul district have found a solution – crafting eco-bricks from single-use plastic waste, offering a creative approach to tackle plastic pollution.

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Horseshoe crab: The granddaddy of sea creatures needs help

The horseshoe crab, found in waters off Odisha and West Bengal, is one of the oldest living animals on the planet. It is disappearing now and we are responsible for it.

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Horseshoe crab – the living fossil on brink of extinction

It has been living for 450 million years and has survived five mass extinctions, but the horseshoe crab is now in danger because of overexploitation of marine resources by humans.

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Dry taps drive people to toxic groundwater in Bihar

The government provides clean piped water to every household, but villagers in Saharsa district complain that the supply is irregular and inadequate, forcing them to use groundwater laced with arsenic.

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Mizoram’s Chite Lui River is crying for help

Chite Lui River is in danger as it turns into a dumping ground in Aizawl. Citizens’ efforts, lauded even by PM Modi, are making a difference but more is needed to save it from dying.

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The first Indian woman who converted polythene into ashes

Despite lacking a technical education and being ridiculed for her ‘scientific pursuit,’ 48-year-old Nasira Akhtar of Kanipora village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, is about to get a patent for her grassroots innovation of a magical herb that converts polythene into ashes.