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Lockdown to cause severe water stress in summers

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Swati Bansal

Posted on 16 Apr, 2020 11:27 AM

Summer of 2020 could suffer from severe water stress due to lockdown

Women bringing water from distance sources in summers (Source: IWP Flickr photos))

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May 19, 2024

How do your everyday choices impact the world's resources?

The surprising connection between Wikipedia, beaches, and your water bottle.

A top down image of a lush green forest in a sacred grove in Meghalaya (Image created by: Sreechand Tavva)

May 19, 2024

Supreme Court condemns unauthorised tree felling in Aravallis

Policy matters this fortnight

Malcha forest area, Delhi ridge (Image: Pinakpani, Wikimedia Commons)

May 19, 2024

Factors influencing adaptation decisions among tribal farmers in Nagaland

How do farmers in Nagaland perceive the impacts of climate change? What do they do to adapt to these changes? What are the factors influencing their adaptation decisions? A study explores.

Terrace cultivation in Nagaland (Image Source: Tewu via Wikimedia Commons)

May 19, 2024

Irrigation dominated areas and the risk of gall bladder cancer in Bihar

This study found that increase in well and canal irrigated areas was associated with a rise in the gall bladder cancer cases in Bihar due to presence of cancer causing contaminants in irrigation water.

Groundwater irrigation and the risk of gall bladder cancer in Bihar. Image used for representation purposes only (Image Source: India Water Portal