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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An Indian community’s journey to becoming a major financial player in Singapore and Malaysia
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‘Your statement has been written in haste’: Letters between Mahatma Gandhi and his son Devadas
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Gyanvapi mosque case: Court removes advocate commissioner, gives panel 2 days to submit report
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India’s abrupt wheat ban is yet another instance of shoddy policymaking that disregards consequences
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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
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Caught on camera: People flee for cover during landslide near Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh