Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire you to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow. Around the world irrigation, drought and sea level rise are increasing the salinity of the soil – and stunting crop productivity. One of India’s worst affected states is Punjab, known as the country’s granary. There, the problem is compounded by waterlogging. To help maintain farmers' livelihoods, scientists are replacing wheat fields with ponds, to farm an animal normally found hundreds of kilometers away – in the sea. CREDITS: Supervising Producer: Nooshin Mowla Script: Jessica Goel, Nooshin Mowla Field Producer: Jessica Goel Video Editor: Richard Kujur Associate Producer: Ipsita Basu Director of Photography: Richard Kujur Executive Producer: Sannuta Raghu ********** Eco India is a co-production between DW and Scroll.in. You can watch the full episodes on https://scroll.in/topic/56120/eco-india Join the discussion here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ecoindia/ Subscribe to get the latest episodes of Eco India - https://bit.ly/2M9WTXn For more explainers, and the web’s most interesting videos - https://scroll.in/video/ For the latest news and analysis - https://scroll.in Support our award-winning journalism by making a financial contribution towards the Scroll Ground Reporting Fund - https://scroll.in/contribute Follow Scroll.in here - Facebook: https://facebook.com/scroll.in/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/scroll_in Instagram: https://instagram.com/scroll_in/ Mastodon: https://masthead.social/@Scroll

Seventy-five years ago, India gained Independence from British rule and went on to become one of the largest democracies in the world In January 1950, India became a republic. While this was much to celebrate, the India that Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru inherited was that of an economy battered by colonial exploitation and the horrors of partition. The only way for the country, was up. Well, literally For a country that started its space program with rocket parts being transported to the launch site on a bicycle and ox carts, it now plans to send humans to space. We go down memory lane, tracing India’s progress in various fields. Production: Richard Kujur Scripting: Gayatri Menon and Kanishkaa Balachandran Voiceover: Rajashree Das Thank you for watching our video! You can subscribe to our channel here: https://bit.ly/3c8Adi6 Visit https://www.thehindu.com/ for the latest updates, analysis, opinions, and more. You can also download our apps: Android: https://bit.ly/3nboBEi iOs: https://apple.co/3EDCwt4 The Hindu is committed to keeping you up-to-date with information on the developments in India and the world. We promise to deliver quality journalism that stays away from vested interest and political propaganda. You can support us by subscribing to our digital offerings here: https://bit.ly/3emywiz Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_hindu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_hindu/ #IndependenceDay #15august #indianhistory

On 16th December 1971, East Pakistan was liberated, forming what we know today as Bangladesh. Following the war, nearly 10 million people took refuge in India. But as the monsoon arrived, with heavy rains and floods, also came cholera. With a lack of access to food, clean water and sanitation, the cholera epidemic killed over 5,000 people in the refugee camps alone. In one such refugee camp at Bangaon in West Bengal, the situation was turning critical. The camp was running out of saline fluid, a standard treatment for cholera in those days. The clock was ticking fast as hundreds more awaited treatment. Dr Dilip Mahalnabis, a Kolkata-based paediatrician, stepped in. From his research, he knew that a solution of sugar and salt, which would increase water absorption by the body, could save lives. He turned to Oral Rehydration Therapy, an unpopular treatment for diarrhoea in those days. Against the odds, and with the help of Johns Hopkins University, he began giving out a mixture of table salt, baking soda and glucose with clean drinking water. He and his team then prepared and stored the solution in large drums, from where patients or their relatives could help themselves. In the next 14 days, the number of deaths declined from 30 per cent to 3.6 per cent in the refugee camps. We look at Dr Mahalanabis’s contribution to the field of health and his awards and recognition. Script and production: Richard Kujur #ors #ORT #dilipmahalanobis #cholera #oralrehydrationtherapy Thank you for watching our video! You can subscribe to our channel here: https://bit.ly/3c8Adi6 Visit https://www.thehindu.com/ for the latest updates, analysis, opinions, and more. You can also download our apps: Android: https://bit.ly/3nboBEi iOs: https://apple.co/3EDCwt4 The Hindu is committed to keeping you up-to-date with information on the developments in India and the world. We promise to deliver quality journalism that stays away from vested interest and political propaganda. You can support us by subscribing to our digital offerings here: https://bit.ly/3emywiz Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_hindu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_hindu/

Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire you to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow. India's Yamuna River is a major source of water for the city of Delhi, but is also slowly dying due to illegal sand mining. This destroys the river's ecosystem and is a big issue for people living along its banks. Credits: Supervising Producer & Voiceover: Nooshin Mowla Script and Field Producer: Jessica Goel Video Editor: Richard Kujur Associate Producer: Ipsita Basu Director of Photography: Richard Kujur Executive Producer: Sannuta Raghu ********** Eco India is a co-production between DW and Scroll.in. You can watch the full episodes on https://scroll.in/topic/56120/eco-india Join the discussion here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ecoindia/ Subscribe to get the latest episodes of Eco India - https://bit.ly/2M9WTXn For more explainers, and the web’s most interesting videos - https://scroll.in/video/ For the latest news and analysis - https://scroll.in Support our award-winning journalism by making a financial contribution towards the Scroll Ground Reporting Fund - https://scroll.in/contribute Follow Scroll.in here - Facebook: https://facebook.com/scroll.in/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/scroll_in Instagram: https://instagram.com/scroll_in/ Mastodon: https://masthead.social/@Scroll

On 27th August 2022, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit will take over as the 49th Chief Justice of India, the highest-ranking officer of the Indian federal Judiciary. He replaces Justice NV Ramana. As head of the Supreme Court, the chief justice is responsible for allocating cases and appointing constitutional benches at the top court. But the constitution of India does not mention any procedure for appointing the CJI. So, how is the Chief Justice of India appointed? Script and production: Richard Kujur Voiceover: Kanishkaa Balachandran Thank you for watching our video! You can subscribe to our channel here: https://bit.ly/3c8Adi6 Visit https://www.thehindu.com/ for the latest updates, analysis, opinions, and more. You can also download our apps: Android: https://bit.ly/3nboBEi iOs: https://apple.co/3EDCwt4 The Hindu is committed to keeping you up-to-date with information on the developments in India and the world. We promise to deliver quality journalism that stays away from vested interest and political propaganda. You can support us by subscribing to our digital offerings here: https://bit.ly/3emywiz Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_hindu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_hindu/

It takes more than 1000kg of rose petals to make just 6-8ml of Attar, or perfume oil. Good quality attar can fetch up to Rs. 10,000. With no electricity and heavy machinery, perfumers in Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh have been making attar using the century-old Deg and Bhapka method. We travelled to India’s perfume capital to find out how the famous attars are made. We also see how attar different from regular perfume. Read the full story: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/in-kannauj-hope-in-a-bottle/article67435377.ece Reporting: Soma Basu Video, photos and production: Richard Kujur Thank you for watching our video! You can subscribe to our channel here: https://bit.ly/3c8Adi6 Visit https://www.thehindu.com/ for the latest updates, analysis, opinions, and more. You can also download our apps: Android: https://bit.ly/3nboBEi iOs: https://apple.co/3EDCwt4 The Hindu is committed to keeping you up-to-date with information on the developments in India and the world. We promise to deliver quality journalism that stays away from vested interest and political propaganda. You can support us by subscribing to our digital offerings here: https://bit.ly/3emywiz Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_hindu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_hindu/ #attar #kannauj #uttarpradesh #perfume

From choosing the perfect leather to carefully stitching the seam, the process of making cricket balls is tedious and time-consuming. It can take up to one and a half hours to make just one ball. This small unit in Meerut, in Uttar Pradesh, makes around 600 balls in a day. But this is not the only one. The city houses more than 3,000 units that manufacture sports equipment. The ongoing cricket World Cup has surged the demand for cricket equipment, including these crafted leather balls. We are at the Sports City of India to show you how cricket balls are crafted. Reporting and production: Richard Kujur Thank you for watching our video! You can subscribe to our channel here: https://bit.ly/3c8Adi6 Visit https://www.thehindu.com/ for the latest updates, analysis, opinions, and more. You can also download our apps: Android: https://bit.ly/3nboBEi iOs: https://apple.co/3EDCwt4 The Hindu is committed to keeping you up-to-date with information on the developments in India and the world. We promise to deliver quality journalism that stays away from vested interest and political propaganda. You can support us by subscribing to our digital offerings here: https://bit.ly/3emywiz Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_hindu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_hindu/ #cricket #cricketworldcup2023 #cricketball #cricketballmaking #meerut #uttarpradesh #sports

In 1973, Raini village of Chamoli district faced a threat from loggers who wanted to cut their forest. Gaura Devi and 27 other women decided to tackle the loggers. They confronted and challenged the men to shoot her instead of cutting down the trees and they described the forest as "Vandevta" (God of Jungle) and her maika (mother's house). Finally, the women of Raini managed to halt the work of loggers by hugging the trees despite the abuse and threats of the armed loggers. The movement is an inspiration to many environmental movements across the world and is famously known as the ‘Chipko movement’. Since the formation of Uttarakhand in 2000, developmental projects in the Himalayas are not only robbing Raini villagers of the forest that they once saved, but also threatening their village's existence by forcing them to be displaced. Duka Devi, one of the many women of the Chipko movement, said, “I don't want to leave my village, my soil. But the circumstances are forcing me to leave. My heart doesn't want to let go. Nothing can replace my village.”

In recent months, news reports from across the country have triggered a debate on the dietary patterns of Indians. Official and non-official drives and campaigns targeting vendors who sell meat have been conducted in different parts of the country. Data from the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-20) show that in over half of the 30 States/ UTs analysed, more than 90% of the population consumed fish or chicken or meat daily or weekly or occasionally. In 25 of them, the figure was more than 50%. In none of the States/UTs was the share less than 20%. Read more here: https://www.thehindu.com/data/data-how-many-indians-eat-meat/article65299234.ece