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Gold nanoparticles to remove lead from wastewater
Posted on 14 Sep, 2017 08:03 PMGold, the favourite metal of Indian women, is increasingly becoming popular among scientists as well, though for a different reason. A group of Indian researchers has used gold nanoparticles to develop a simple method to detect lead in wastewater.
![IMMT researchers who conducted the study.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/immt_researchs.jpg?itok=RJE09jZD)
Wetlands wait to be saved
Posted on 14 Sep, 2017 10:52 AMIn the afternoons these days, Basai wears a deserted look. Known as a bird’s delight and privileged by the protected status of a national park, the wetland is located just eight kilometres from Sultanpur bird sanctuary in Gurugram in Haryana. No birds can be spotted foraging the soil of the Basai wetland or its waters.
![Sun sets on a water body inside Keoladeo National Park. (Image: Swati Sidhu, Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA-4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sunset_on_a_waterbody1_0.jpg?itok=v_5S_YXR)
Laws are good, implementation not so much
Posted on 14 Sep, 2017 05:41 AMAs a child back in the village, I had always cherished the sight of clear water running below bridges. But moving to Chennai, the car windows are always drawn up and the car zooms across bridges in a bid to avoid the stench emanating from the river. This begs the question, why are we in urban India so deprived of a clean environment?
![Faecal sludge gets illegally dumped in a water body.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/20170615_172438_0.png?itok=jocaMIWO)
Maharashtra gets Rs 60,000 crore for river interlinking
Posted on 13 Sep, 2017 06:34 AMCentre allocates Maharashtra Rs 60,000 crore to link its rivers
![A map shows how rivers would be interlinked. (Source: NIH)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/interlinking1_0_0.jpg?itok=SR2ezSF2)
Floods take a heavy toll on Assam farmlands
Posted on 13 Sep, 2017 06:04 AMAssam bears huge agricultural loss from floods
![A man wades through knee-deep water with his belongings during the flood. (Source: 101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_0470_0.jpg?itok=4t1Eb69R)
Flood and after: Water recedes, worries mount
Posted on 12 Sep, 2017 12:39 PMIn August this year, the states of Bihar and Assam witnessed the worst flooding in a long time. The water level is slowly receding now but it is not giving much respite to people as the aftermath of the devastating floods has brought upon miseries of its own.
![A boy stands in front of houses destroyed by flood in Karimganj district, Assam.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/after_floods_picture_from_kisanganj.jpeg?itok=Tth66VP0)
Does farm loan waiver save farmers from loan sharks?
Posted on 12 Sep, 2017 10:43 AMThe Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra has decided to expand the coverage of Rs 34,022-crore farm loan waiver scheme to extend the benefit to farmers indebted since 2009. The government had earlier said 89 lakh farmers would benefit from the scheme. The expansion of the scheme's ambit means the number of farmers, as well as the amount, will rise.
![A poor farmer is always at the mercy of loan sharks. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_9.jpg?itok=rAwnlas6)
Therapy for India's distressed farmers
Posted on 12 Sep, 2017 10:40 AMLarge swathes of cotton farms in the central India have been the epicentre of a debt crisis that has gripped the rural population. For years now, it has driven thousands of farmers to commit suicide.
![Psychological intervention can help reduce farmer suicides. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/33389696506_e6d88f8cd9_z.jpg?itok=KgtdwjcK)
Let’s buck up and deal with deluge
Posted on 12 Sep, 2017 06:00 AMIt was supposed to be a normal monsoon as Indian Meteorological Department had predicted. But barring the central plateau, the rest of India may be forgiven for thinking that the Biblical deluge has come a second time.
![Members of the national disaster response force evacuate residents of a flooded village in Bihar. (Source: NDRF)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ndrf_in_bihar_flood_0.jpg?itok=Px5CuqAS)
Tel Aviv, we are looking for water
Posted on 09 Sep, 2017 08:23 PMAfter a gap of 67 years, the Indian Prime Minister made an official visit to Israel this year.
![The prime ministers of the two countries, Netanyahu and Modi at Olga beach to attend a demonstration of Israeli mobile water desalination technology. 06/07/2017 Photographer- Kobi Gideon/ GPO](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/35626145321_0a29fcb914_z.jpg?itok=jUP761Eq)