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Uttarakhand’s classification of rivers to set up stone crushers violates NGT Act

Convened to mark the successful conclusion of the Women+Water Alliance project in select districts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, U.S.

Although India attained self-sufficiency in food production, realising zero hunger, good health, and no poverty remains a challenge.

Farmers in India continue to face production risks due to climate abnormalities, resulting in low productivity and fluctuating agricultural incomes.

Dams can bind and gag rivers 

Structures such as locks, dams, barrages, and weirs are known to drastically reduce the longitudinal connectivity of rivers, impact downstream flow, and alter riverine ecosystems.

What was your water consumption today?

If I were to quickly calculate this, I would add up the litres of water I drank, the water I used up in cooking, washing, cleaning, and bathing; and quickly tell you that I used up around 80 litres of water. Your total would also be somewhere in the ballpark.

What are inland waters 

Rapid population growth is leading to land fragmentation and reducing the amount of cultivable land available to owners. This trend of declining land ownership combined with natural disasters is reducing the viability and sustainability of agriculture.

The Conference of Parties-27 (COP-27) ended on November 20 in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh. This conference was supposed to last until November 18, but it ended on November 20 as no result was reached by November 18. In this conference, the item named 'Loss and Damages Fund' has been passed, which is being considered as a major achievement.

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