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Ezhikkara panchayat to formulate climate action plan to fight tidal flooding https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/ezhikkara-panchayat-to-formulate-climate-action-plan-to-fight-tidal-flooding/article67954369.ece/amp/ 22 community researchers, mostly drawn from Kudumbashree,buil(t) .. up a grassroots-level basic information system in 20 coastal panchayats.. In the second phase of co-creating ward-specific micro level climate action plan, they will facilitate discussions and surveys for ward-level problem identification and gathering inputs for arriving at lasting solutions. Based on the climate action plan, a detailed project report will be drawn up for potential funding from the State Disaster Management Authority 
March 15, 2024

Call for combining scientific and traditional methods to check high tide flooding in Ernakulam panchayats https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/call-for-combining-scientific-and-traditional-methods-to-check-high-tide-flooding-in-ernakulam-panchayats/article66953873.ece  June 10, 2023 

Kerala’s coastline  crisis: Rising seas, disappearing land, and women on the frontlines
Manjula Bharathy https://www.policycircle.org/opinion/kerala-facing-coastline-crisis/ July 17, 2024 One of the viable solutions proposed to combat the effects of high-tide flooding is the expansion of mangrove forests. 

The project adopts a rights-based, gender-sensitive approach to climate change adaptation and mitigation. It emphasises the participation of local communities in decision-making processes and the production of knowledge. Key interventions include: Community Mapping; Community Video, theatre.  hybrid perspectives and co-production of knowledge, tackling power and gender imbalances, and ensuring that local communities are active participants

India banned a Chinese app four years ago. Government agencies are still using it https://restofworld.org/2024/india-banned-camscanner-government-agencies/  The Election Commission is not the only Indian government-adjacent entity still using this banned scanning app. Rest of World found 30 other instances of documents uploaded by government departments and ministries that were scanned with CamScanner .

the Indian government has not clearly communicated to the public why it has banned the app. Raman Jit Singh Chima, Asia Pacific policy director and senior international counsel at Access Now says.. “The CamScanner blocking was a political action and less a cybersecurity one, Most experts agree that bans aren’t the best way to protect national security, especially when they target tech from a single nation of origin. “The way to go forward is to have policies in place that all companies, all applications have to follow,” Rajmohan said, adding that India needs to have robust national cyber security policy and data protection laws that foreign and domestic firms must comply with.

 ARCs Exposed: Controversies & Collusions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJadGKM8A0Y Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) were designed to resolve bad loans and clean up the banking sector, but a series of controversies, shady deals, and RBI crackdowns have cast doubt on their legitimacy. From ever-greening bad loans to leaving retail investors and homebuyers in limbo, ARCs face a bleak future as new regulations tighten the noose. In this insightful video, Sucheta Dalal explores the flaws in ARC operations, their impact on ordinary citizens, and what the future holds for this industry.