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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
Yamuna’s Delhi
Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 07:55 PMHistory tells us cities were settled and abandoned several times in Delhi. But I have not come across an explanation for why the city was repeatedly established at the same site. Surely, the presence of the river Yamuna to the east of Delhi would have been a reason. The Yamuna, though is not a small river; it flows for 1,300 km.
![Yamuna; Source: www.pilgrimageindia.net](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna_0.jpg?itok=bVXGDdBS)
IAS officer suspended for targeting illegal sand mining
Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 05:01 PMIAS officer in Uttar Pradesh suspended for action against sand mining
![Sand mining near the Yamuna river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mining.jpg?itok=alGOMcDa)
Invitation for faculty recruitment, Maharashtra Environmental Engineering Training & Research Academy (MEETRA), Nashik
Posted on 30 Jul, 2013 02:17 PMOffered by
Maharashtra Environmental Engineering Training & Research Academy (MEETRA)
About the vacancies
Invitations are invited for applications from eligible candidates for the posts of
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Forest panel rejects highly opposed dam projects in the Northeast
Posted on 28 Jul, 2013 04:22 PMForest Advisory Committee rejects the controversial Tipaimukh and Dibang hydro-electric projects
![The idyllic Barak river (source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/barak_river.jpg?itok=zBqdB-EJ)
Call for poster abstracts for workshop on 'Indo-UK Perspective on Water Quality: Threats, Technologies & Options', Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 02:19 PMOrganisers
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Royal Society of Chemistry
About the workshop
![IISC, Bangalore](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/iisc.png?itok=-rgK_q1D)
Beware of genetically modified crops!
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 01:36 PMWhen the DNA of a plant is modified using genetic engineering techniques or biotechnology, the plant is said to have been genetically modified (GM). What does this mean to you and I? Quite simply, it means that the crop could have undergone this process in order to become something that it wasn't in the first place.
![Protest against BRAI bill Source: Greenpeace](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/greenpeace3.jpg?itok=iSgtUif6)
The Dongria Kondhs' tribals bring the judiciary down on its knees
Posted on 22 Jul, 2013 01:40 AMDongria Kondh tribals stand firm against mining of Niyamgiri
![Celebration Dance (Source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dongriakondhdance.jpg?itok=UBL-YiUm)
What's in your drinking water?
Posted on 19 Jul, 2013 03:11 PMBoth rural and urban India are faced with water problems. People do not have access to good quality, safe drinking water. The source for most drinking water is either rivers or underground aquifers (wells). Since water can dissolve just about anything that it comes into contact with long enough, often the groundwater we get isn’t pure.
![Water quality in India Source UNICEF Repository](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_image.jpg?itok=r6vg_C0s)
Applications invited for Research Fellowship Scheme, Sitaram Jindal Foundation
Posted on 15 Jul, 2013 06:03 PMOffered by
Sitaram Jindal Foundation (SJ Foundation)
About the scheme
The Fellowship is for supporting individual investigators in research and development leading to applications of innovations
Fields of research
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Training programme on Sustainable Community Based Sanitation,Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society, Bangalore
Posted on 15 Jul, 2013 02:13 PMOrganiser details
Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society
Venue
Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions (CASS)
Survey # 205, Kommagaffa Road
Bandemath,Kengeri Satellite Town
Bangalore
Objective of the conference
![CDDS](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cdds.png?itok=Ez7LLpFq)