Nivedita Khandekar
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Journalist Environment, Climate and everything connected ЁЯМН Currently with PTI ЁЯМ┐ Avid traveller, passionate about Himalayas | ЁЯР╛ЁЯР╛
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Joined June 2013
"Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.". ~Anne Herbert. (This phrase has remained with me for almost three decades now. Had read it in Reader's Digest then.)
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#TomJerry Tom n Jerry director Gene Deitch has passed away aged 95. Yesterday. My ever fav cartoon !!
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"My dream shot" . says saheli from #Nagpur, Sampada Peshwe as she was finally able to get it today! . #GreenBeeEaters all huddled together!
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In #Chhattisgarh . an officer's iphone fell into a dam reservoir. Two pumps of 30 horsepowers, ran 24 hrs, and pumped out - hold your breath - 21 lakh litres of #water.
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Thought of telling Uncle Sam . this is good old 'Pranayam' but no use. Despite scores of comments below this tweet telling @sciam so . there does not seem to be any corrective tweet !!.
Cardiac coherence breathing exercises can stabilize the heartbeat and have a powerful ability to dampen anxiety.
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#Noida !!! View from top !! . #HailStorm . (Recvd on WhatsApp, sent by someone from Noida)
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Naah . not #SwissAlps!!. That is the quaint little town of #Sawantwadi on #Konkan coast in Maharashtra. Wonderful pic of a rain-washed evening by Sanjay Gawade.
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Guess what? This is Mt Everest from 25,000 feet. Thanks to the Mountain Flight I took from Kathmandu. #Everest
http://t.co/VJRmvw00Rm.
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With a heavy heart . Shri Manoj Misra (@yamunajiye ) .passed away at 12.40pm today, i.e. 4 June 2023. Prayers for the departed soul. Covid19 took him away from us all.
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Long ago . I had done this story when I was in HT. "A river ran through it" . It was how Delhi built the ring road at the place, which had one of Yamuna's channel . (Image Credit:
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Happy to share . Like every year, the online Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival announced few awards related to Environment sector. I was awarded the 'Vasundhara Eco Journalist' honour at today's online event.
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"рдХреЛрдг рдЕрд╕рддрд╛рдд рд╣реЗ рднрд╛рд╖рд╛рдВрддрд░рдХрд╛рд░? Part time рдЪрд╛ рдЕрдиреБрд╡рд╛рдж рдкрд╛рд╣реВрди рдЪрдХреНрдХрд░ рдЖрд▓реА", рднрд╛рд░реНрдЧрд╡реА рджрд┐рдХреНрд╖реАрдд. Dear @RailMinIndia @PiyushGoyal . can you at least get it translated properly???
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Why this contrast @ArvindKejriwal ? .On FM channels, on an average 50 times a day we hear you say: рдореБрдЭреЗ рджрд┐рд▓реНрд▓реА рдХреЗ рдмрдЪреНрдЪреЛрдВ рд╕реЗ рдмрд╛рдд рдХрд░рдиреА рд╣реИ and exhort them to aim NOT at being doctors, engineers et al. #Confused ?
рдкрд░ рд╣рдо рдЗрдиреНрд╣реЗрдВ рдЕрдЪреНрдЫреА рд╕реЗ рдЕрдЪреНрдЫреА рд╢рд┐рдХреНрд╖рд╛ рджреЗрдХрд░ рдбрд╛рдХреНрдЯрд░, engineer, рд╡рдХрд╝реАрд▓ рдХреНрдпреЛрдВ рдирд╣реАрдВ рдмрдирд╛рддреЗ?
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@MasalaBai You cannot generalise. Delhi NCR & rest of India are vastly different. Ideally, kids are supposed to be asleep before 10 pm. Then it will not be a problem to wake up at 6 am. Problem in Delhi is . parents don't reach home by 8 pm or 9 pm many times. So, all goes topsy turvy.
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This is Seetabuldi area . heart of the city #Nagpur . A river runs below this and now, it has claimed its area . It was channelised in last century and today, it is back on its turf. The above thread has a photo from this area too.
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Re-up:.#Mumbai has destroyed 71% of its #wetlands, followed by #Ahmedabad, 57%; #Bengaluru and Greater Bengaluru, 56%; #Hyderabad, 55%; and #Delhi-NCR, 38%, a study by Wetlands International South Asia has found out. #WorldWetlandsDay.
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A senior citizen's tree planting journey . at age 88, he still continues. ЁЯСПЁЯСПЁЯСП
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Professional Update:. Have joined @News9Plus, a vertical of TV9 Digital. Will be doing (of course) environment and health too. News9Plus is India's first video mag on OTT platform. Download the App & sign in with a mail/mobile number to watch long form visual stories.
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Dear Asia Tines @asiatimesonline,. Remember me? . I am one of the independent journalists, who contribute to create wonderful content for you, write best of our stories for you. 1/n.
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At the memorial meeting for Manoj Misra ji . A hall packed of people and almost 60 online . all the people whose lives were touched by Manoj ji.
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Happy to share . Have joined @ians_india . would be covering MoEF&CC, Jal Shakti, IMD and new beat Agriculture. Here is my first byline story for IANS:. @iitmpune model to help reduce #AirPollution in #Delhi.
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рдЖрдЬ рдкреБрдгреНрдпрд╢реНрд▓реЛрдХ рдЕрд╣рд┐рд▓реНрдпрд╛рдмрд╛рдИ рд╣реЛрд│рдХрд░рд╛рдВрдЪреА 225 рд╡реА рдкреБрдгреНрдпрддрд┐рдереА . рдорд╛рдЭреНрдпрд╛ рдЖрд╡рдбрддреНрдпрд╛ рд╢рд╛рд╕рдХ рдЖрдгрд┐ рдиреЗрд╣рдореАрд╕рд╛рдареА рдЖрджрд░реНрд╢, рд╡реЗрд│реЗрдЪреНрдпрд╛ рдкреБрдвреЗ, рд╢рд╛рд╢реНрд╡рдд рдЕрд╕рдВ рдХрд╛рд░реНрдп рдХрд░рдгрд╛рд▒реНрдпрд╛ рд╡реНрдпрдХреНрддреА . ЁЯЩПЁЯЩПЁЯЩП
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#25yearsAgo. How many of you remember ? . This day 25 years ago, when there was no internet, social media and smart phones, still across India, #GaneshaDrankMilk.
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Ram Khandekar, OSD to Narasimha Rao, died late on June 8, 2021 at Nagpur. He was 87.
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My report: .A month after the #chamolidisaster in #Uttarakhand, in which at least 70 persons died & 130 or so more remain missing, scientists from three premier institutions have analysed more data to determine the likely cause of the incident. #Himalayas.
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Wonderful graphics in HT. Showcases how the mausam is ulta pulta this time of the year.
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1. #Thread . тАЬPrime Minister @narendramodi has blinked.тАЭ This is the ONLY way I can describe it. Pitched against the powerful forces of the MNCs and trans-national aid agencies, the Prime Minister of India тАУ a huge market for all things has kowtowed to the global forces.
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Incredible !! . Indeed. Never give up. Thanks for sharing @thebetterindia !!.
тАЬNever give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.тАЭ #mondaythoughts #MondayMotivation . VC: @AwanishSharan
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Thanks to the unusually strong solar storm, #Ladakh witnesses a rare auroral arc as captured by Hanle Dark Sky Reserve. Here is the PTI story done by my colleague quoting @StanzinNorla @dorje1974 & @ydnad0. #Aurora #Solarstorm2024.(Image via Stanzin Norla)
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250 helicopters take off per day at #Kedarnath !!!. 10 years after the disaster in the area, govt continues to epitomise рд╣рдо рдирд╣реАрдВ рд╕реБрдзрд░реЗрдВрдЧреЗ slogan !!!. Dear @narendramodi ji . do you think Baba Kedar would be happy with this?
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#SnowLeopards. There are 718 individual snow leopards in India, as per the first-ever scientific exercise, the Snow Leopard Population Assessment in India (SPAI) Programme. Ladakh: 477.Uttarakhand: 124.Himachal Pradesh: 51.Arunachal Pradesh: 36.Sikkim: 21.J&K: 9.(Pic @sidbakaria)
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рдирдорд╕реНрдХрд╛рд░, рдореА рдирд┐рд╡реЗрджрд┐рддрд╛ рдЦрд╛рдВрдбреЗрдХрд░ рдЖрдЬ рддреБрдореНрд╣рд╛рд▓рд╛ рдПрдХрд╛ рд╕реБрдВрджрд░ рдкреНрд░рджреЗрд╢рд╛рдЪреА рдЖрдгрд┐ рддрд┐рддрдХреНрдпрд╛рдЪ рд╕реБрдВрджрд░ рд╕рдорд╛рдЬрд╛рдЪреА рдУрд│рдЦ рдХрд░реВрди рджреЗрдгрд╛рд░ рдЖрд╣реЗ. #рдЕрд░реБрдгрд╛рдЪрд▓рдкреНрд░рджреЗрд╢ #рджрд┐рд╡рд╛рд│реАрдлрд░рд╛рд│.
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So clearly we know who is going to win the upcoming #DelhiAssemblyPolls. Look @ArvindKejriwal ji . your original fans.
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@RahulGandhi 's first and exclusive interview after becoming Congress president. "We made mistakes. We are improving," RaGa tells @coolcarni #KarnatakaElections2018.#RahulGandhi.
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Where in #DelhiNCR ? . You know if you have been there. A place one cannot imagine to be in NCR.
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10 years after #Uttarakhand tradegy, no lessons learnt yet !! . Where I write about the painful 'development' that is not paying heed to 'environment' . . (Image: Indian Express)
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@singer_shaan gives a preview of the #HawaAaneDe on the theme #AirPollution . (Sorry for poor quality video)
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My detailed report about #ChamoliGlacierBurst. "We have learnt nothing from 2013 disaster" . @DivechaFor .
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High time #India woke up to this reality !! . This is not something that will happen in future. It is already happening in India too. ЁЯЩЖтАНтЩАя╕П.
The largest reservoir in the United States and created by the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead has sunk to its lowest level. The low water levels underscore the magnitude of the extreme drought that has gripped Western U.S.
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Today when I saw this video by @PrashantSoniNBT ji . I was reminded of that story. #Yamuna claiming its old path !!!!
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JNU students' union has declared to go to Varanasi on April 28 to start a door to door campaign against @narendramodi.
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@WxNB_ And this .
This is GreeceтАЩs agricultural breadbasket, and one of the few flat areas in the country. No living memory exists of anything even remotely similar happening in the past. People being rescued by helicopter from their rooftops #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction .
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Super excited . our book, the work of 30 plus authors, meticulously edited by @yamunajiye Manoj Mishra ji. Published by @Rupa_Books
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Asia's first circus owner Vishnupant Chhatre рд╡рд┐рд╖реНрдгреБрдкрдВрдд рдЫрддреНрд░реЗ . c.c. @IndiaHistorypic
реиреж рдлреЗрдмреНрд░реБрд╡рд╛рд░реА резрепрежрел: #рджрд┐рдирд╡рд┐рд╢реЗрд╖, рдорд░рд╛рдареА рдЙрджреНрдпреЛрдЬрдХ рдЖрдгрд┐ рдЖрд╢рд┐рдпрд╛рддреАрд▓ рдкрд╛рд╣рд┐рд▓реЗ рд╕рд░реНрдХрд╕ рдорд╛рд▓рдХ #рд╡рд┐рд╖реНрдгреБрдкрдВрддрдЫрддреНрд░реЗ рдпрд╛рдВрдЪрд╛ рдЖрдЬ рд╕реНрдореГрддрд┐рджрд┐рди. рел рдСрдХреНрдЯреЛрдмрд░ резреоренрео рд░реЛрдЬреА рддреНрдпрд╛рдВрдиреА рд╕реНрдерд╛рдкрди рдХреЗрд▓реЗрд▓реНрдпрд╛ рд╕рд░реНрдХрд╕реАрдЪрд╛ рдкрд╣рд┐рд▓рд╛ рдкреНрд░рдпреЛрдЧ #рдХреБрд░реБрдВрджрд╡рд╛рдб рдпреЗрдереЗ рдЭрд╛рд▓рд╛,рдкреБрдвреЗ рдиреЛрд╡реНрд╣реЗрдВрдмрд░ резреоренреп рд╕рд╛рд▓реА рддреНрдпрд╛рдВрдиреА "рдЧреНрд░реЗрдЯ рдЗрдВрдбрд┐рдпрди рд╕рд░реНрдХрд╕реАрдЪрд╛" рдкреНрд░рдпреЛрдЧ рдореБрдВрдмрдИрдд рдХреЗрд▓рд╛.
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What to say to a friend who is Covid positive !! . Very useful . as many people are insensitive.
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Explainer: Why does @Indiametdept continue to track #Shaheen.long after it is far away from Indian coast ?.
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India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept ) today launched its crowdsourcing webinterface. It was high time !! But finally. Thanks and cheers @rajeevan61 sir and the entire team IMD .The link is available @ . It looks like this. ЁЯСЗ
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These are #fireflies soon after monsoon hits Sahyadri ranges. Pic from Akole, dist Ahmednagar.
#рдЕрдХреЛрд▓реЗ, рдЬрд┐. #рдирдЧрд░ : рдореЛрд╕рдореА рдкрд╛рд╡рд╕рд╛рдЪреЗ рдЖрдЧрдорди рд╣реЛрддрд╛рдЪ рд╢рдирд┐рд╡рд╛рд░реА (рддрд╛.резрей) рд╕рд╣реНрдпрд╛рджреНрд░реАрдЪреНрдпрд╛ рдбреЛрдВрдЧрд░рд░рд╛рдВрдЧреЗрддреАрд▓ рдЭрд╛рдбрд╛рдВрд╡рд░ рд▓рдХреНрд╖реНрдп рд▓рдХреНрд╖реНрдп #рдХрд╛рдЬрд╡реЗ рдкреНрд░рдХрд╛рд╢рдордп рдЭрд╛рд▓реНрдпрд╛рдиреЗ рдкрдерджрд░реНрд╢реА рд░реЛрдорд╛рдВрдЪрд┐рдд рдЭрд╛рд▓реЗ рдЖрд╣реЗрдд. рдирд┐рд╕рд░реНрдЧрд╛рдЪреЗ рд╣реЗ рдЕрд╡рд░реНрдгрдиреАрдп рджреГрд╢реНрдп рд░рд╛рддреНрд░реАрдЪреНрдпрд╛ рдХрд╛рд│реЛрдЦреНрдпрд╛рдд рдЕрддреНрдпрдВрдд рд╕реБрдВрджрд░ рдЖрд╣реЗ. #firefly
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My cousin Arpita made this beautiful pen drawing !!!
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Positive news to start your day with !!. c.c. @UNCCD.
Fighting Climate Change, Rajasthan Villagers Turn Barren Desert Land to Dense Forest
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A new neighbour I found earlier this week !!. Very surprised to find this fellow even when there is no waterbody anywhere within a km.
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@dilipkpandey Ha ha ha . 'рдЖрдк' рд╣реА рдиреЗ рдХрд╣рд╛ рдерд╛ рди . рд░рд╛рдЬрдиреАрддреА рд╕рд┐рдЦрд╛рдПрдВрдЧреЗ . рдзрд░рдирд╛ рдХрд░рдирд╛ рддреЛ рд╕рд┐рдЦрд╛ рджрд┐рдпрд╛ . What say?.
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Must say @arvindkejriwal has faced far tougher questions on television than #RagaSaga #ModiKiAdalat.
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тАЬHanle: IndiaтАЩs First Dark Sky ReserveтАЭ got the first prize in the тАЬScience, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable DevelopmentтАЭ category at IISF Bhopal. Wonderful that your work is getting recognised @rakprao . Congratulations !!! . c.c. @dorje1974 . 1/2 @IIABengaluru
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Two of my colleagues write about an important aspect . @Indiametdept (IMD) decides to shut down all 199 district agromet units (DAMU) across country . #agriculture #forecast #IMD #climatechange . A #thread .
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ЁЯСПЁЯСПЁЯСП. Both kiddos look confident. Congratulations for such a good prog @ndtv !!.
WATCH | Two IIT freshers - Vijay Kumar, a tailorтАЩs son, and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind KejriwalтАЩs son Pulkit - speak to NDTV on their future plans.
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#рдЧрдгреЗрд╢рдЪрддреБрд░реНрдереА рдЪреНрдпрд╛ рд╕рд░реНрд╡рд╛рдВрдирд╛ рд╢реБрднреЗрдЪреНрдЫрд╛.#GaneshChaturthi2019 greetings to all
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Ha ha ha . such a nice way to put it. Indeed, we need to look back.
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Imp #thread.
This is a #Himalayan #Marmot. Found in grasslands of Himalayas & Tibetan plateau, lives in burrows. Do you know what to do when you site such beautiful #wild animals. Do not feed them at all. They don't need 'sympathy based conservation', they need space. #Thread
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#Narmada in #MadhyaPradesh . Punasa Dam @Indian_Rivers . (Video rcvd on WhatsApp from a friend in MP)
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#рд╢рд╛рдХрдВрднрд░реА_рдкреБрдЬрд╛ #ShakambhariPuja . Traditional way of Western Maharashtra, Marathwada of worshipping Mother Earth with latest winter produce, especially veggies. Shakambhari is considered "The Bearer of the Greens.".(Pic sent by a friend from Solapur)
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Anna Hazare on AAP govt's Lokpal. Says it is good draft, has some suggestions. Vary that Centre might pose problems.
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рдирдорд╕реНрдХрд╛рд░, рдореА рдирд┐рд╡реЗрджрд┐рддрд╛ рдЦрд╛рдВрдбреЗрдХрд░. рдпрд╛ рд╡рд░реНрд╖реАрдЪреНрдпрд╛, рдореНрд╣рдгрдЬреЗрдЪ реирежрезрепрдЪреНрдпрд╛ рдЯреНрд╡рд┐рдЯрд░рд╕рдВрдореЗрд▓рдирд╛рдд рднрд╛рдЧ рдШреЗрддрд╛рдирд╛ рдЕрддреНрдпрдВрдд рдЖрдирдВрдж рд╡рд╛рдЯрддреЛрдп. рдорд▓рд╛ рд╕рд▓рдЧ рддрд┐рд╕рд▒реНрдпрд╛ рд╡рд░реНрд╖реА рдЗрдереЗ рдмреЛрд▓рд╛рд╡рд▓реНрдпрд╛рдмрджреНрджрд▓ @marathiword рдпрд╛рдВрдЪреЗ рдордирдГрдкреВрд░реНрд╡рдХ рдЖрднрд╛рд░. #рдЯреНрд╡рд┐рдЯрд░рд╕рдВрдореЗрд▓рди.
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#thread.#Joshimath . Abt how High Court and Supreme Court both have failed to recognize the grave environmental emergency unfolding in the #Himalayas.
#JoshimathтЪЦя╕П.In Feb 2021 flood, 192 people died at dam sites near Joshimath; locals approached Uttarakhand HC. CJ Raghvendra Chauhan & Justice Alok Verma gave a judgment calling petitioners тАЬpuppetsтАЭ & imposing Rs 50,000 fine. My old report in @thewire_in.
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Recvd on WhatsApp . рдмреАрдЬреЗрдкреА рдХреЗ рд▓рд┐рдП рд╕рдмрдХ:. рдЬреЗрдореНрд╕ рдмрд╛рдВрдб рдХрд╛ рд╡рд╛рджрд╛ рдХрд░рдХреЗ рдПрдЬреЗрдВрдЯ рд╡рд┐рдиреЛрдж рди рджрд┐рдЦрд╛рдПрдБ. рдЬрдирддрд╛ рдЯреНрд░реЗрд▓рд░ рд╕реЗ рд╣реА рднрд╛рдВрдк рдЬрд╛рддреА рд╣реИ. !. #BiharResults.
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Please note @Dev_Fadnavis рднреМ . These people need drinking water urgently. See if packets/bottles can be air dropped. @CMOMaharashtra @MarathiRT.@swapnp
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Prashant Vats, editor of Harnandi Kahin рд╣рд░рдирдВрджреА рдХрд╣рд┐рди, lost his battle to covid. He was at #Ghaziabad. In his small way, he was working to raise awareness towards plight of #Hindon river and in general #environmental issues through his рдкрддреНрд░рд┐рдХрд╛. Prayers for the departed soul.
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