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Southern India faces water crisis as reservoir levels plunge to just 17% capacity: CWC
As per the latest report, the total live storage available in these reservoirs stands at 8.865 …
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Water Vision@2047: All-India state ministers to discuss gameplan for mending nationwide water issues by 2047
The conference will have five thematic sessions -- Water Security in Water Deficit, Water Surplus a…
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India’s deadly drought: Villagers in Mokhada battle sleepless nights, snakes in search of water
The villagers in Mokhada, in the Palghar district of India’s western state of Maharashtra, can’t…
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Maharashtra faces the tough challenge of using water either for drinking or for industries
A few weeks ago, the Maharashta state assembly also spent a considerable time talking about the sug…
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Maharashtra's Hirpodi village turns a barren hill into a forest with the help of contour trenches and drought-tolerant trees
The locals were paid in cash for all the materials and the strenuous work of walking uphill with to…
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Centuries-old Indian stepwells may serve as a solution to water conservation during the scorching heat
Stepwells are examples of the many storages and irrigation tanks developed in India, mainly to cope…
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Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries spends Rs 1,184 crore on CSR in 2021-22
The CSR initiatives were spearheaded by Reliance Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Reliance Indu…
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Drought-hit Maharashtra dams have no water left for irrigation
These seven major irrigation dams that have faced the wrath of draught this year are Jayakwadi, Pur…
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India treated land the size of 140 football fields from turning into a desert— but it's not enough
It means as much as 147 million hectares of the country's land, which is at high risk. Though a …
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Five years on, India may not even get a chance to solve its on-going water crisis risking hundreds of millions of lives
No drops, No rain, nothing. India is suffering from its worst-ever water crisis in history. It ha…
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IPL vs PIL: With an alarming rate of farmers’ suicide, how can Maharashtra grounds have water for IPL pitches?
There has been a PIL in the Bombay High Court, against the use of water for the purpose of maintain…
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Every household in India will get water supply by 2024 under the ‘Jal-Jeevan Mission’ says Nirmala Sitharaman
The government has already identified 1592 block in 256 districts which are facing water crisis …
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Pankaj Bhujbal is trailing by 13889 votes and 7% vote share from Nandgaon, Nashik
Maharashtra’s two-time MLA Pankaj Bhujbal of Nationalist Congress Party is trailing behind Shiv Sen…
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One of the driest parts of India has sent the same guy to Parliament for twenty years
A majority of votes in Jalna, one of Maharashtra’s 48 constituencies, have gone to Bharatiya Jana…
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How India’s Waterless Doom Can Be Defeated
The statistics mock the country. While 54% of India’s total area faces the threat of water scarcity…
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The Drought Series: Nearly 3.1 crore people in Karnataka are hit by the drought and migration is intensifying
Another such state is Karnataka, which is going through worst drought in 10 years. Around 3.1 crore…
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How 2 Indian organisations are using AI to fight climate change in India
Two Indian organisations, Gujarat Mahila Housing Sewa Trust and Villgro Innovation Foundation, are …
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Removal of anti-dumping duty on PTA to help man-made fibre industry
To enable the textile sector to grow from its current market size of USD 110 billion (about Rs 7.8…
PTI
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Slum dwellings pose challenge as Mumbai fights coronavirus outbreak
"One acknowledges that the situation has been one where proper urban planning has not been done. T…
PTI
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This one city voting today has more people and money at stake than most others in India
India’s financial capital Mumbai is a lucrative constituency and therefore the Bharatiya Janata Par…