India Orders Its Military To Be Ready For War With China As Precaution If Negotiations Go Sour
Danny Razor – India told its armed forces to make emergency procurements to stock up war reserves in the wake of escalating conflict with China.
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Mystery as Indian Crater Lake Turns From Green to Pink
Olivia Rosane – A crater lake in India has mysteriously turned pink, and scientists aren’t sure why.
India’s Air Pollution Plummets in COVID-19 Lockdown
Jordan Davidson – Recent air pollution levels have started to drop dramatically as the second-most populated nation endures their second week of a 21-day lockdown.
5 Biggest Pesticide Companies Are Making Billions From ‘Highly Hazardous’ Chemicals, Investigation Finds
Jordan Davidson – Poor people in developing countries are far more likely to suffer from exposure to pesticides, according to new data.
Couple Has Been Buying Land Near a Tiger Reserve and Letting Forest Grow Back so Big Cats Can Roam
Jade Small – For the last 20 years, a married couple in India has been buying up land around the country’s largest tiger reserve.
India’s Tiger Population is Rising and This Photo Provides Brilliant Proof
Elias Marat – The country’s tiger population has grown by about 33 percent since 2014.
India is Banning Single-Use Plastic and the Rest of the World Should Too
Emma Fiala – “The world should join India in putting an end to single-use plastic.”
Three Species Declared Extinct In India Due To Deforestation and Desertification
John Vibes – Experts cite deforestation and desertification as the primary reasons that these animals became extinct.
Remarkable Beach Cleanup Removes 5.3 Million Kg of Trash, Transforms Coastline
Anna Hunt – This 85-week remarkable beach cleanup effort resulted in one of the most dramatic beach makeovers, ever.
What Does ‘Being Spiritual’ Really Mean in Such a Cruel World?
Linda George – We are all worshipping an invisible God – while nature, God’s handiwork, is being devastated.
All Life Depends on Soil
Dr. Vandana Shiva – Bringing the soil to the center of our consciousness and our planning is vital for the life of the soil, but also for the future of our society.
India’s Science of Light
Richard Smoley, New Dawn Waking Times While most people in the Western world are aware of astrology, comparatively few know that other cultures have other systems of astrology. There are Chinese and Tibetan horoscopes, with their cycles of twelve signs going through years rather than months, so that the key to your character is the year, …
Monsanto’s Patent Appeal Rejected by Indian Government, Saving Farmers, Food and Lives
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer Waking Times Monsanto’s attempts to patent further seeds and bankrupt entire generations of farmers and their families that have successfully farmed for centuries have been halted—at least in India—for now. Less than a week ago, Monsanto got more than a slap on the wrist from the Indian government – they were …
From Mexico to India: Monsanto is Killing More Than Just Biodiversity
Jen Wilton & Liam Barrington-Bush, Guests Waking Times In late April, world renowned Indian ‘seed activist’ Vandana Shiva travelled to the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca to join a gathering of Mexican farmers, indigenous leaders and environmentalists, fighting to protect Mexico’s native corn crops against the imposition of genetically modified alternatives. The group gathered for the ‘Pre-audiencia …
India Signals It Is Rearing To Kick Monsanto Out!
Sayer Ji Waking Times A report from the August 17 edition of the American Association for the Advance of Science’s journal Science titled, “Negative Report on GM Crops Shakes Government’s Food Agenda,” revealed that an Indian high-profile parliamentary panel, only a week before, recommended that GM crop “field trails under any garb should be discontinued forthwith,” and …
Government of India Declares That All Genetically Modified Foods Be Labeled
April McCarthy Prevent Disease Can we give a thumbs up to the ministry of consumer affairs in India? They have issued a gazette notification early this month indicating that every food package containing genetically modified food shall bear at the top of its principal display panel, the words ‘GM.’ Indian consumers will soon have something that most of the …
Nuclear Insanity
Dr. Vandana Shiva Navdaya International Fukushima has raised, once again, the perennial questions about human fallibility and human frailty, about human hubris and man’s arrogance in thinking he can control nature. The earthquakes, the tsunami, the meltdown at Japan’s nuclear power plant are nature’s reminders of her power. The scientific and industrial revolution was based …