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Free online course on 'Designing and implementing successful water supply and sanitation utility reform', The World Bank, September 23 - November 19, 2013
Posted on 29 Aug, 2013 08:54 AMFor further details on the online course, please click here.
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Vedanta loses the bauxite battle
Posted on 25 Aug, 2013 04:33 PMDongria Kondhs win the mining battle
![Niyamgiri hills Source: Amnesty International](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pickofweek1_10.png?itok=Wm93HT2W)
Blue technologies to fight the water crisis
Posted on 23 Aug, 2013 09:49 PMA recent news report said that UNICEF was promoting a machine that purifies sweat from people’s clothes to get potable drinking water (Fox News). Sounds gross?
![Conserve drinking water!](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drinking-water.jpg?itok=k5YvjiwL)
Request for proposal 'City Partnerships for Urban Sanitation Service Delivery', Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & UK Department for International Development (DfID)
Posted on 23 Aug, 2013 01:11 PMFor more information on the proposal sought, please click here.
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Launch of global competition for innovators - 'Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development', Stockholm
Posted on 23 Aug, 2013 10:29 AMFor more information on the programme, please click here
For further details please download the concept paper from below.
![Securing water for food](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/securing_water_for_food.png?itok=u5fd7abX)
Training programme for engineers ’ Design & implementation of DEWATS', Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society, Bangalore, December 2- 6, 2013
Posted on 21 Aug, 2013 10:53 AMFor more information on the programme please contact capacitybuilding@cddindia.org
To register for the trainig programme, please click here.
For more details, you may refer to the brochure here.
![Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cdd_society.png?itok=wtVJNt8A)
Invite to International Conference & Exhibition, Green Building Congress 2013, Indian Green Building Council, Chennai
Posted on 20 Aug, 2013 01:20 PMFor more details on the conference, please click here.
Registration form and the brochure are attached below for your reference.
For further information and support, please feel free to contact
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Call for Abstracts, Geospatial World Forum 2014, May 5-9, 2014
Posted on 20 Aug, 2013 01:17 PMFor more information on the conference, please click here.
For details on Abstract submission, click here.
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Tehri dam nears danger mark
Posted on 19 Aug, 2013 02:33 AMWater level in Tehri dam near danger mark
![Tehri dam in lean season](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tehri_0.jpg?itok=5716_Jl7)
Are Olive Ridley turtles nearing extinction in Orissa?
Posted on 17 Aug, 2013 11:00 PMSea turtles, a globally endangered species, have been around since even before dinosaurs roamed the earth.
![Olive Ridley sea turtles; Source: The Hindu](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/olive_ridley.jpg?itok=T6KdAA5K)