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Low cost napkins: Are they a band aid in the absence of sanitation facilities?
Posted on 15 Apr, 2016 05:24 PMMenstrual hygiene management continues to be a challenge for rural women in India and many women are forced to resort to unhygienic ways of managing menstruation thus affecting their health and well-being. The paper titled 'Menstrual management and low cost sanitary napkins' published in the Economic and
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Urban Fellowship Programme at IIHS, Bangalore
Posted on 13 Apr, 2016 03:53 PMIndia’s urban transition is unprecedented in scale and complexity. Within it lie both the opportunities of increased economic growth and employment as well as the challenges of persistent inequality, extreme deprivation and environmental degradation. To shape our cities we need a new set of urban professionals who can be part of this change.
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Draft of new Wetland Rules 2016 is out
Posted on 12 Apr, 2016 12:37 PMEnvironmentalists unhappy with the draft of new Wetland Rules 2016
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Maharashtra stuck between IPL and drought
Posted on 12 Apr, 2016 12:01 PMMaharashtra government to choose between revenue or drought-struck people
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Israel 'hand-makes' more than 50% of its water
Posted on 10 Apr, 2016 10:11 PMThe Israeli water industry is one of the best in the world, and this is because of the country’s breakthrough in technological innovations in areas like desalination, drip irrigation and water security.
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Water lessons from a ‘desert’ nation
Posted on 10 Apr, 2016 09:58 PMThe water scarcity that India is facing even before the onslaught of summers, and the plight of farmer’s in Marathwada have been making headlines every single day.
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Environmental regulation in India: The need to move beyond procedural lacunae
Posted on 08 Apr, 2016 01:03 PMOne of the tasks that the current government had promised to work on is the fast tracking of the process of appraisal of projects seeking environmental approvals from the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The article titled 'Environmental regulation in India: Moving 'forward' in the old direction' published in th
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Rules, Regulations & Standards concerning water
Posted on 05 Apr, 2016 04:37 PMThis FAQ is a one-stop compilation of the Rules, Regulations & Standards related to all aspects of water. The most popular FAQs are listed below.
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Indian Standards (IS codes)
Which is the IS code of practice for installation of septic tanks?
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Union Water Minister inaugurates 4th India Water Week 2016
Posted on 05 Apr, 2016 09:56 AMIndia Water Week 2016 with the theme 'Water for All: Striving together' inaugurated in New Delhi
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NGT slams Railways for using groundwater illegally
Posted on 05 Apr, 2016 09:47 AMRailways using groundwater 'indiscriminately and illegally': NGT
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