Disaster Relief
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As climate change buffets the mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan, women become central to disaster relief
Purdah-observing women often died in disasters because men found it awkward to save them.
Zofeen Ebrahim
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A tale of two states: Why disaster recovery in India needs to go beyond housing
With extreme weather events predicted to get more frequent, there is a need for policies to include livelihood concerns and other issues.
Jasmitha Arvind & Nihal Ranjit
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There’s an environmental cost to disaster and conflict relief – and clean energy is the way out
At present, relief operations overwhelmingly rely on diesel for transport and electricity generation, and wood and charcoal for household cooking.
Morgan D Bazilian , Liliana Benitez, Glada Lahn, David Mozersky & Sherwin Das
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Varanasi poll: As 33 nominations are rejected, eight applicants allege that the process was rigged
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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Ramachandra Guha: How would Vallabhbhai Patel have viewed the BJP’s pernicious misuse of his legacy?
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
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Due to an ‘accounting error’, Assam has not received any special Central flood aid since 2014
This despite that fact that the state has been hit by devastating floods every year.
Arunabh Saikia
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Watch: 'Where is the huge development package we were promised?' asks Kashmir's Bandipora district
Despite the allocation of Rs 44,800 crore for roads in the state, it is impossible to drive here.
Scroll Staff
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What can you do for Nepal? Stay put, and open your wallets
Cash donations are the easiest to deploy for assistance, while inexperienced volunteers can be a liability.
Nayantara Narayanan
Video
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Watch: Two musicians simultaneously play the violin with one hand and the piano with another
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Caught on camera: Streaking meteorite turns night sky blue across Portugal and Spain
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Watch: Ed Sheeran sings Punjabi remix of ‘Shape of You’, accompanied by Bhangra dancers
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Eco India: Even as technology lends a hand, India's farmers grapple with an uncertain future
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Eco India, Episode 260: Can technology's societal benefits extend to environmental sustainability?