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Bottled water MRPs to remain the same everywhere
Posted on 14 Mar, 2017 10:19 AMNo difference in MRPs of bottled water at different places
![Mineral water bottles (Source: Pixabay.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bottles-60479_640_0_0_0.jpg?itok=bmPg6KPE)
India faces severe water crisis
Posted on 14 Mar, 2017 09:56 AMStorage levels dip in country's major reservoirs: Government
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Water worried no more
Posted on 10 Mar, 2017 01:44 PMLocated 10 km from the Yavatmal city in Maharashtra, the Nilona reservoir has been the primary drinking water source for its residents since 1972. As in many other parts of the country, the 1990s saw the city growing and the population increasing. The Yavatmal residents, who had not experienced water shortage till then, started facing acute drinking water shortage.
![Nilona dam, Yavatmal](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32903532661_9a565ef048_o.jpg?itok=Obb-O92W)
River loses battle for survival against soft drinks
Posted on 06 Mar, 2017 09:07 PMMadras HC dismisses plea to stop supply of Tamirabarani water to Coca-Cola and Pepsi
![Coca-Cola bottling plant. (Source: S. Subramanium via Hindu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/coca_cola_bottling_1629227g_0_1_0.jpg?itok=S_6bsbdE)
Waging the war within
Posted on 06 Mar, 2017 03:57 PM“That was a very scary place to be in,” says Nandini frowning at the memory of dealing with a rape allegation against a colleague. The allegation had severely fractured the community of activists that she worked with. “These were people who we knew really well, we were comrades on so many issues.
![Nandini Rao](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nr.jpg?itok=CCuOLGTh)
‘Our target is to reach 90 million farmers by 2020’
Posted on 03 Mar, 2017 06:32 PMAnand Sharma is probably the most famous weatherman of India today. As the director of the Dehradun centre of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in 2013, he had predicted the Uttarakhand disaster two days before the actual deluge. Had the state government heeded his warnings, the heavy damage to life and property could have been averted.
![A farm in Madhya Pradesh during monsoon. Source: Rajarshi Mitra/Wikimedia Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mansoon.jpg?itok=zg1d6jyf)
Effluent treatment plant a must for industries: SC
Posted on 27 Feb, 2017 08:03 PMSC gets strict with industrial units
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When money grows on trees
Posted on 27 Feb, 2017 10:57 AMNature is the source of much value to us every day. Yet it mostly bypasses markets, escapes pricing and defies valuation.
![At the watershed level, the valuation of forests may help design user pay schemes.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8687224359_160de5fb9a_b.jpg?itok=F6JF6udw)
Maharashtra goes Doha for water
Posted on 22 Feb, 2017 12:02 PMThere was a time when the farmers of Yavatmal district depended completely on rainfed agriculture. That was before the introduction of Doha, a water harvesting structure by NGO Dilasa Sansthan in 2014. Farming changed drastically after that, something which Sitaram Kove, a 40-year-old farmer of Rajini village in the district, will vouch for.
![A Doha canal at Rajini village. (Source:Dilasa)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32946607735_41d5bf934b_z.jpg?itok=OpbC7zxH)
No change in Krishna water sharing ratio: Panel
Posted on 20 Feb, 2017 08:54 PMCommittee rules out any change in Krishna water sharing ratio
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