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May 18, 2024
Empowering women through socio-technical innovations
A case study of women-led climate resilient farming by Swayam Shikshan Prayog
Building the resilience of women farmers (Image: ICRISAT, Flcikr Commons)
April 25, 2024
The heat is on: Invisible, unprecedented, and screaming for new solutions
Understanding the impact of heat on our world
Rising temperatures, rising risks (Image: Kim Kestler, publicdomainpictures.net)
March 30, 2024
India needs gender responsive strategies to cope with climate change impacts
A recent study finds that climate change induced extreme weather events such as droughts can increase the vulnerability of women to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV).
Droughts affect women the most (Image Source: Gaurav Bhosale via Wikimedia Commons)
January 22, 2024
Baseflows contribute to river floods in Peninsular India
This study finds that baseflows have a stronger triggering effect on river floods in Peninsular India as compared to rainfall and soil moisture.
River floods and groundwater, the connection. Image for representation purposes only. (Image Source: India Water Portal)
July 14, 2023
Fourteen Indian states have better resilience to floods
These states are at the forefront of flood early warning systems
Previously drought-prone areas are now facing floods (Image: Needpix)
July 7, 2023
How to increase climate resilience in semi-arid farming systems
WOTR study throws important new findings
The study by WOTR and Wageningen University researchers emphasizes the need to prioritize adaptive capacities alongside agricultural productivity (Image: WallpaperFlare)
SC orders shifting of IPL matches out of Maharashtra
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 03 May, 2016 02:49 PM

Shift IPL matches out of Maharashtra: SC
Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (Source: Wikipedia Commons)
Heat wave claims 300 lives; Telangana, Odisha and Andhra worst hit
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 03 May, 2016 11:37 AM

Heat wave claims 300 lives across the country
Heat wave engulfs the country (Source: PTI)
33 crore people across 10 States hit by drought: Centre
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 26 Apr, 2016 12:25 PM

Drought has hit 33 crore people across 10 states, informs Centre
Drought in India (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Quenching thirst and poverty in cities--with sugarcane juice
Two cane juice sellers on the streets of Pune tell their stories. Why do they labour all day for Rs 500 on a good day, and what do they hope--for themselves and their children?
Aarti Kelkar-Khambete
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 11:06 PM

What'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?
Mobile sugarcane crushing carts on the streets of Pune (Source: India Water Portal)
India inks pact with Germany for Ganga revival
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 09:44 PM

India and Germany join hands to rejuvenate the Ganga
Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Good monsoon expected this year
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 09:20 PM

Good southwest monsoon expected this year as El Nino declines
Downpour in Bihar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Draft of new Wetland Rules 2016 is out
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Apr, 2016 12:37 PM

Environmentalists unhappy with the draft of new Wetland Rules 2016
Deepor Beel in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Maharashtra stuck between IPL and drought
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Apr, 2016 12:01 PM

Maharashtra government to choose between revenue or drought-struck people
Drought in Maharashtra (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Union Water Minister inaugurates 4th India Water Week 2016
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 05 Apr, 2016 09:56 AM

India Water Week 2016 with the theme 'Water for All: Striving together' inaugurated in New Delhi 
4th India Water Week 2016 (Source: Embassy of Israel)
Drinking water becomes a luxury for Maharashtrians
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 29 Mar, 2016 03:06 PM

Maharashtra reeling under its worst water crisis
Queuing up for water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
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