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Open call to participate in Grassroots Field Exposure Session (GFES) & User Engagement Initiative (UEI)
Posted on 24 Oct, 2018 04:04 PMSectoral focus: Water resource management and supply
Regional Focus: Central India
Theme: Building cross-sectoral collaborations to understand the dynamic interactions across the water-energy-food nexus
Antibiotic use in livestock and superbug risk
Posted on 23 Oct, 2018 11:35 AMAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is on the rise globally with the threat more severe in developing countries such as India. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria develop the ability to withstand the drugs (antibiotics) designed to kill them.
![Small scale farmers with their livestock (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/milk1.jpg?itok=45PCFPPb)
New centre to help farmers become climate resilient
Posted on 20 Oct, 2018 02:28 PMThe Department of Science and Technology (DST) has established a centre of excellence on climate change research for plant protection at the Hyderabad-based International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
![The centre will provide advanced information and tools to increase farmer resilience to climate change. (Photo: IWP flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/39894923301_10130998b3_z.jpg?itok=zkW-dXep)
New technology for disinfecting water
Posted on 20 Oct, 2018 02:24 PMScientists at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s Lucknow-based Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR) have developed a technology for disinfecting water that promises to provide safe and clean drinking water at a cost of just two paise per litre.
![Water purification becomes easier with new technology. (Photo: IWP flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/20324006969_0ece5bfd24_z.jpg?itok=jBv4TEdo)
Maintain minimum flow in the Ganga river: Centre
Posted on 16 Oct, 2018 12:57 PMCentre notifies minimum e-flow for the Ganga river
![Ganga river at Kaudiyala (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172023818_988b81c090_z.jpg?itok=nrdcMCfM)
Cyclone Titli hits Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
Posted on 16 Oct, 2018 12:38 PMCyclone Titli devastates Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
![A file photo shows a severe cyclonic storm in progress. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/31642433665_20dc424529_z_0.jpg?itok=gwo61CxB)
State of drinking water supply schemes in Rajasthan
Posted on 11 Oct, 2018 11:24 AMOn March 16, 2017, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India began a performance audit of the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) by discussing with the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation the scope and methodology of the performance audit. Records relating to the implementation of the programme in 27 states for the five-year period (2012 to 2017) were examined.
![Water schemes are not planned properly affecting their performance in Rajasthan. (Photo: IWP flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2553625235_27035761ed_o_0.jpg?itok=vbKHKpC6)
India's first soil moisture map out
Posted on 10 Oct, 2018 11:37 AMIndia gets its first soil moisture map developed using hydrological model
![Soil moisture plays an important role in agriculture. (Source: IWP Flickr photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8602347744_88b102609b_z_0.jpg?itok=u4uPOaBm)
Global warming impacts on India to be huge
Posted on 09 Oct, 2018 04:25 PMThe latest report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), formally released on Monday, warns that global warming is occurring faster than anticipated and that it can have devastating impacts if steps are not taken to cut down emissions.
![Extreme weather events like floods indicate climate change. (Photo: IWP flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3804510839_a6c05c10da_z.jpg?itok=lWhLlmo6)
Swachh Bharat Mission: It’s all about numbers
Posted on 02 Oct, 2018 11:06 PMWe have just a year to go for Swachh Bharat Mission’s (SBM) deadline of making India open-defecation free (ODF). In the last four years, the government has built 86.08 million toilets (as on September 26, 2018) throughout the country as a part of this flagship programme on providing safe sanitation to all by October 2019.
![Sanitation is not just about constructing toilets. (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilet1_2_0.jpg?itok=KLv3wh45)