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Rainfall and other forms of Precipitation
High Court takes note of acute water crisis in Chennai
Posted on 26 Jun, 2019 11:36 AMHigh Court raps Tamil Nadu government over water crisis in Chennai
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Slow monsoon causes countrywide rainfall deficit of 44 percent
Posted on 26 Jun, 2019 10:53 AMMonsoon makes slowest progress across India in 12 years (source: Times of India)
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Twenty-six states under threat of desertification
Posted on 18 Jun, 2019 08:23 PMThe threat of desertification increases in 26 of 29 states
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Piped water to all rural households by 2024: Government
Posted on 18 Jun, 2019 08:04 PMGovernment to launch rural piped water scheme
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From water to agriculture, well-being and beyond
Posted on 17 Jun, 2019 06:20 PMSustainable development, still an unfinished agenda
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Unravelling NITI Aayog’s Composite Water Management Index: Veering to a pragmatic approach
Posted on 14 Jun, 2019 11:34 AMINTRODUCTION
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Climate change real, warns Pangi tribe
Posted on 13 Jun, 2019 02:14 PMMountain ecosystems are highly sensitive due to ecological fragility, geomorphologic instability but are blessed with vast eco biodiversity.
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UNICEF lauds SBM for reducing groundwater contamination
Posted on 12 Jun, 2019 12:09 PMSwachh Bharat Mission reduced groundwater contamination: UNICEF
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Skymet Weather releases kharif crop estimate 2019
Posted on 11 Jun, 2019 04:25 PMIndia’s leading weather and agriculture risk monitoring company has released a Kharif Report, sharing the prediction for the upcoming monsoon and its impact on the production of kharif crops.
![Cotton production in the country is expected to go up by 10 percent as compared to last year. (Image: Kimberly Vardeman, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cotton.jpg?itok=Ba_Lb0iI)