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• African grandmothers trained in India bring solar power to 75,000 homes

  Operating out of Tilonia, Rajasthan, Barefoot College equips rural women from marginalised backgrounds with hands-on technical skills through its residential Solar Mamas programme. By replacing hazardous kerosene with clean solar electricity, these grassroots engineers provide reliable light to off-grid villages across Africa and beyond. Their local maintenance workshops establish lasting community infrastructure while empowering women who previously lacked formal education.

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• Funding to help poorer countries cope with climate crisis has stalled, says UN

  International efforts to protect vulnerable populations are falling dangerously behind as wealthier governments redirect national budgets toward defense spending. Developing states will require hundreds of billions of dollars annually by 2035 for critical infrastructure, such as flood defenses and drought-resilient irrigation, to survive worsening environmental shocks. Without rapid increases in direct financial support, delayed action will compound disaster damages and escalate long-term recovery costs worldwide.

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• MP's foul-smelling river gets 600m restored riverfront after Rs 4.8 crore project

  Decades of domestic sewage, dumping, and encroachments had severely degraded the Singri River, an essential tributary feeding the Narmada in Narsinghpur district. District administrative leaders mobilized local gram panchayats, sourced shared departmental machinery, and rallied community volunteers to clean the waters without an initial dedicated budget. This successful ecological turnaround has restored natural river flows while providing surrounding villages with valuable new public recreation amenities.

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