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Access to water data: Implications for transboundary relations in the Ganges river basin
Despite the enactments of RTI laws and insistence for openness in the government, access to information regimes on transboundary rivers has not changed at a fundamental level in South Asia.
Prasai
S. and Surie
M.D.
Posted on 05 Sep, 2015 12:21 PM

Citizens right to access information on water, climate and environmental issues
A view of the Sharada river at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Call for applications for the third India Biodiversity Awards 2016
This year the India Biodiversity Awards 2016 will recognize the contribution of a range of stakeholders towards the conservation of biodiversity.
Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 05:25 PM

This year, the categories have been modified to align them with the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, and the new categories are as follows:
Call for Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship Program-2015
The WARI Fellowship Program is a dynamic and transformative program that has been developed to foster long term Indo-American science and technology partnership.
Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 05:14 PM

For more details on the Fellowship Program, download the announcement from below. 
India Industry Water Conclave & 3rd edition of FICCI Water Awards
FICCI is organizing the India Industry Water Conclave at New Delhi, in association with HSBC and has also instituted the Annual Water Awards to recognize efforts in water management.
Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 05:07 PM

The Conclave focuses on the aspects of water conservation, management and sustainability:
Training Programme on ‘Enabling a Digital India: Using GIS'
TARA Livelihood Academy (TLA) has announced a two day training programme on ‘Enabling a Digital India: Using Geographical Information System (GIS)’ in New Delhi.
Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 04:18 PM

Register now or nominate your team members here http://goo.gl/forms/SZGAA73ut4        
Backs to the Wall: Photography Competition and Fellowship
A CSE fellowship and contest for photographers and photo-journalists- Backs to the Wall (Climate Change and Vulnerable Communities)
Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 04:09 PM

Sunderbans and Siachen glacier to become trans-boundary protected area
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 10:25 PM

Sunderbans and Siachen glacier proposed to be recognised as a trans-boundary protected area
Farm fields in the Sunderbans (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photo)
India's groundwater: Invisible water, visible crisis
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 06:13 PM

Massive national effort needed to resolve India's depleting groundwater
Water well in Purulia, West Bengal (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Groundwater: A few ignored issues
Does the root of India's groundwater problem lie in our Constitution, National Water Policy or the lack of an integrated approach?', asks KG Vyas former advisor to the Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Mission.
K. G. Vyas
Posted on 29 Aug, 2015 06:25 PM

Groundwater in our country is rapidly depleting. Inspite of the vision of water managers in planning and investing in the water sector, there are a few issues in the field of groundwater that seem to be partly responsible for this deteriorating groundwater scenario in the country, and these are largely ignored. Where does the problem lie?
Contaminated water in Bhalaswa resettlement colony (Source: India Water Portal)
To pee or not to pee: A question women may not need to ask any more
Women may finally have the freedom to pee anywhere, without having to analyse the extent of a public toilet's hygiene. Read, all ye women, before your next pee break!
Amrtha Kasturi Rangan
Posted on 29 Aug, 2015 01:23 PM

Scenario 1: You go to a cinema and it's cold.
The disposable stand and pee device (Source: Priya Desai)
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