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Copper and silver vessels are age-old bacteria killers
Posted on 21 Apr, 2016 09:42 AMAbout 3 million children from developing countries below the age of 5 die every year due to diarrhoeal diseases caused by polluted water, poor san
Quenching thirst and poverty in cities--with sugarcane juice
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 11:06 PMWhat's not to like about sugarcane juice in summer? Would you drink as much of it or more if you knew that those selling it in Pune where I live, are people who have migrated temporarily from drought-affected villages in rural Maharashtra, and are counting on juice sales to get through the whole year?
India inks pact with Germany for Ganga revival
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 09:44 PMIndia and Germany join hands to rejuvenate the Ganga
Good monsoon expected this year
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 09:20 PMGood southwest monsoon expected this year as El Nino declines
Palace named after monsoon in Rajasthan
Posted on 17 Apr, 2016 10:11 PMForts and palaces of Rajasthan are well known for their water-based architecture, which sustained life and also kept out the extreme summer heat. Though mostly absent from travel itineraries, Deeg Palace in Bharatpur district scores over the big names when it comes to aquatic ingenunity.
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
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
Maharashtra stuck between IPL and drought
Posted on 12 Apr, 2016 12:01 PMMaharashtra government to choose between revenue or drought-struck people
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.
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.