India’s Unique Water Purification Wetland Could Soon Become Extinct

World Wetlands Day is on Sunday, Feb. 2. IPS senior correspondent Manipadma Jena marks the day by visiting the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW), a unique wetland that operates as a natural water purification ecosystem....

‘A sly thief’: Rising heat steals jobs and lives in eastern India

Heatwaves – set to worsen as climate change strengthens – are cutting working hours and income, with the poor struggling to stay cool. BHUBANESWAR, India, Nov 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – “This extreme heat...

Beyond shelter in a storm, Odisha eyes sturdier homes, power and trees

India has become proficient at saving lives by evacuating people ahead of major storms, but infrastructure has taken a battering BHUBANESWAR, India, June 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Six weeks after India’s eastern state...