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Ecology and Environment
Creaking cities, vanishing ecosystems
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:43 PMEcosystems are complex functioning units that include living as well as non living entities and build on interdependent relationships among these living resources, surrounding habitats and reside
![Ecosystems and their role in climate change resilience](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rivers_the_life_lines_of_communities_1.jpg?itok=O0hKOgra)
Mysore ranks first in Swachh Bharat rankings
Posted on 10 Aug, 2015 09:56 PMSouth India performs better in the Swachh Bharat rankings
![Mysore tops in Swachh Bharat Rankings (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2295195787_8d515ff28c_z_1_0.jpg?itok=uiNLWpPq)
Reflections on managing water: A book review
Posted on 06 Aug, 2015 05:40 PMWater, a valuable resource that is magical and mystical, is both mistreated and misunderstood today. Jacques Yves Cousteau once said, "We convenientl
![Water reflections: A new way of thinking & innovation](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_reflection2.png?itok=AhUub56x)
Call for Concepts for the Short Term Research Grants, Groundwater- Sanitation Nexus Research Programme, Arghyam
Posted on 05 Aug, 2015 01:04 PMAbout Arghyam’s GW-SAN Nexus Research Programme
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Delhi residents to be charged an 'environmental compensation fee'
Posted on 05 Aug, 2015 09:25 AMCharge fees, use funds to clean Yamuna: NGT
![Bid to clean Yamuna through 'environment compensation fee' (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/oshiwara_river.jpg?itok=ZK9QS8SJ)
India set to become water scarce in 10 years
Posted on 04 Aug, 2015 10:20 PMIndia set to become water scarce in 10 years time: Govt tells Parliament
![Water scarcity: A reality in 2025? (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/4415664247_4129da70ec_o.jpg?itok=QwXO0pkA)
Groundwater: It's not a source, it’s a resource
Posted on 02 Aug, 2015 08:11 AMSprings play an important role in the daily lives of thousands of communities in the hills and mountains of the Himalayas. However, in many places once reliable springs are drying up, presenting rural communities, and women in particular, with new challenges.
![A spring next to a temple in Uttarakhand is the source of the Ramganga river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15375369370_a525ebbdcc_z.jpg?itok=O1eBvKDA)
Shivaji and Sardar Vallabhai Patel: Bigger than their proposed statues
Posted on 31 Jul, 2015 09:05 AMWhat do these two iconic figures -- Shivaji, the great Maratha leader and Sardar Vallabhai Patel, the ‘Iron Man of India’ -- have most in common? While one might think that it was their fight for the freedom of their motherland, albeit at different times, that is not all.
![Shivaji & Sardar Patel to be immortalised as statues (Source: Wikipedia & www.statueofunity.in)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/doit.png?itok=awjIm97b)
The invasion of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh
Posted on 28 Jul, 2015 07:02 PMHydropower development has been given topmost priority in the resource rich state of Himachal Pradesh.
![100 MW Tidong-I project, Kinnaur HP](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kinnaur_1.jpg?itok=nLC-JGwH)