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चार‌ ‌दिवसीय‌ ‌सिनेमा‌ ‌कार्यशाला‌ (18‌ ‌से‌ ‌21‌ ‌नवम्बर 2021‌)

Jal Jeevan Mission App and Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh launched

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An overhead tank in Tamil Nadu that supplies water to a village (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

300 organisations from across the globe call for no climate finance for hydropower

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Gambhir dam near Ujjain (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

जुड्डो, देहरादून में प्रदर्शनरत व्यासी बांध प्रभावितों को हिरासत में लिया

जुड्डो, देहरादून में प्रदर्शनरत व्यासी बांध प्रभावितों हिरासत में

Does a drop per crop help groundwater extraction to stop?

This World Bank study from Andhra Pradesh found that drip irrigation did not limit groundwater exploitation. Farmers who had saved water continued to draw groundwater and sell it to farmers who were water constrained.

Groundwater depletion, a growing problem in India (Image Source: India Water Portal)

तालाब या पोखर द्वारा जलसंचय बनाम आज की कथित आधुनिकता

Understanding the thinking behind IEC in large programs

Lessons from the Swachh Bharat Mission experience

Pop culture icons like Gabbar Singh are painted on the walls of a toilet complex in New Delhi (Image: Project Raahat, Enactus)

Background on the meteorological datasets

This data can be useful in various research areas

Community videos: By the community, for the community

Community videos as a tool to influence behaviour change and adoption in rural communities

Community videos are produced by farmers themselves and feature local participants and agents from the rural communities themselves (Image: Digital Green)

भूजल का सिंचाई में अत्याधिक उपयोग, फसलों के लिए नुकसानदायक

Is climate action at scale a possibility?

Lessons from Meghalaya’s attempt to strengthen its frontline across the State

Stories of change from Meghalaya on moving towards “net-zero” emission commitments (Image: MBDA)

जल स्रोत प्रबंधन के सफल प्रयास पर वैज्ञानिक मंथन

Youth climate leaders join hands with the UN in India to celebrate India's climate action

The United Nations in India launches its climate campaign, We The Change, to recognize and celebrate the green solutions pioneered by young people in India

There is a need for bolder climate action from people, communities and the national and state governments (Image: PxFuel)

किशोर सागर तालाब मामले में एनजीटी का ऐतिहासिक फैसला

किशोर सागर तालाब जिसे अतिक्रमण मुक्त कराने सात साल पहले एनजीटी में दायर की थी याचिक

Global warming can spell doom for India's freshwater fish!

Climate change is warming river waters and changing their flows. These changes can spell doom for fish that live in these waters.

Fish in the Tunga river at Sringeri (Image Source: Dineshkannambadi via Wikimedia Commons)

गुजरात के विश्वविद्यालय ने वर्षा जल को सरंक्षित करने का नायाब तरीका ढूंढा

गुजरात विश्वविद्यालय में वर्षा जल संरक्षण

Only a third of sewage generated per day in India treated, reports CPCB

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A sewage treatment plant in Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Harvesting and using rainwater, a must in Bengaluru

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Rainwater harvesting installed in a house (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

‘अपशिष्ट जल से ऊर्जा बनाने में अधिक सक्षम है पौधा-आधारित माइक्रोबियल फ्यूल सेल’: अध्ययन

Shrinking forests, declining biodiversity - a ticking time bomb!

A fatal tick borne disease is on the rise in the Western Ghat states. Deforestation, declining biodiversity and increasing human animal conflicts are to blame.

The Western ghats forests, under threat (Image Source: India Water Portal)

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