Today in Mumbai I commended the strong partnership between the @UN and India.
India has an unprecedented opportunity to speak up for the Global South and to lead by example, as a model of resilience and an advocate for sustainable development & climate justice.
A reminder on #WorldHumanitarianDay: After four failed rainy seasons, at least 10 million children in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are suffering the worst drought in the Horn of Africa in 40 years.
Every fraction of a degree Celsius of global heating matters.
As part of #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav (75 years of India's Independence), IIT Bombay is extremely glad to have recreated the Dandi Memorial on campus. 24 murals of Gandhiji and Satyagrahis have been placed at the lawn facing the Main Building.
An Augmented Reality Sandbox allows students and the public to interact with a miniature landscape, sculpting mountains, valleys, rivers and even volcanoes, with off the shelf readily available parts [full video, UCLA: https://t.co/eUTfxvLMff]
1.The #SwachhSagarSurakshitSagar campaign is in full swing with people from all over the country participating in the coastal clean-up of all the sea coasts of India.
The best aspect of #Tanzania#plasticban is that it imposes a complete ban on carrybags irrespective of thickness. This is what India needs to do. Our regulation is flawed as it is based on different microns and this is impossible to regulate
• Study hard.
• What others think of you is none of your business.
• It's OK not to have all the answers.
• Experiment, Fail, Learn and Repeat.
• Knowledge comes from experience.
• Imagination is important.
• Do what interests you the most.
• Stay curious
Terrible. This turtle was found tangled in the fishing gear that likely killed him.
Hundreds of thousands of whales, sharks, seals, & turtles are trapped & killed in discarded fishing nets EACH YEAR. We must do better. Protect #nature in all its forms.
#ActOnClimate#oceans