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The right to water
21 Aug 2019
| Mumbai Mirror
TERI has recently published a piece titled 'India's rampant urban water issues and challenges', explaining how growth in urban population leads to additional water demand. "In 2001," the piece says, "urban population was 285 million and assuming water supply of 135 litres per capita per day, the domestic water demand is estimated at around 38,475 million litres per day.
Read moreNow you see it, but do you really?
18 Aug 2019
| The Statesman
The book "Hide and Seek Tiger" is the fourth in the Anjana-Jim Corbett series published by, based on a rather cruel incident at Lalgarh in West Bengal when a tiger wandered into a locality. Therefrom the book takes the readers on a very detailed description of life in a village adjacent to a forest and thence to adventures.
Read moreIntensive irrigation, chemical use add to land degradation
16 Aug 2019
| The Hindu Business Line
"Perverse incentives" such as free power for groundwater pumping, nitrogenous fertiliser subsidy, minimum support price only for a few crops, which influences crop choice, may be causing degradation of farmlands, according to TERI Base Paper on land degradation.
Read moreTo meet future energy demands, India is promising a push toward sustainability
16 Aug 2019
| CNBC
TERI is all about providing innovations for sustainable development, Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General of TERI, told CNBC's Sustainable Energy.
Read moreIndia must set up 15 GW of solar panel manufacturing capacity over 2-3 years: TERI
08 Aug 2019
| ET Energy World
India should take up full-value chain of solar manufacturing from polysilicon to modules in a phased manner where 15 gigawatt (GW) capacity could be targeted over two to three years for manufacturing of cells and modules to begin with, according to TERI.
Read moreGhugus air most toxic in Maharashtra: Study
05 Aug 2019
| The Times of India
According to The Status of Maharashtra 2018-19 prepared by TERI for the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Pune is the third-most polluted in the state when it comes to deadly pollutants like benzene and sulphur dioxide SO2 .
Read moreMumbai air's toxicity worst in Maharashtra, Bandra and Sion are choking: Study
04 Aug 2019
| The Times of India
Mumbai is also facing increasing air pollution due to unplanned development and vehicular emissions, according to The Air Quality Status of Maharashtra 2018-19 prepared by TERI for Maharashtra Pollution Control Board.
Read moreFocus on Sustainable and Resurgent Agriculture: CM Sarbananda Sonowal
03 Aug 2019
| The Sentinel
A day-long Northeast regional conference on Transformation of Indian Agriculture organized by the Government of Arunachal Pradesh, in association with TERI and FICCI, was held in Guwahati recently.
Read moreLessons From The Various Researches
03 Aug 2019
| Guwahati Plus
TERI and Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) carried out a risk and vulnerability assessment of Guwahati and found reduction in green cover to be the reason behind the increased vulnerability of the city towards climatic hazards.
Read moreGRIHA Council joins hands with Indian Institute of Architects to promote green buildings
01 Aug 2019
| Edexlive
GRIHA will promote adoption of sustainable building materials and strategies to increase the green building footprint in the country.
Read moreTERI has solution to stop stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana — convert residue into fuel
27 Jul 2019
| The Print
The study conducted by TERI shows there is a huge demand for solid fuel to run cold storage units and brick kilns in the two states.
Read moreCost, range are the greatest hurdles to EV adoption: TERI Director-General
21 Jul 2019
| Business Standard
We need to ensure that we have an EV policy that works, together with an understanding of why we want it, said Dr Ajay Mathur, Director-General, TERI.
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