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Amritsar - the pond of nectar
Posted on 16 Aug, 2013 02:27 PM“PAWAN GURU, pani pita, mata dharti mahat” (air is teacher, water is father and earth our mother) - thus goes the closing line of the Japji Sahib given by the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev. It holds special significance for Amritsar, the holy city, which boasts of the Harmandar Sahib (also known as the Golden Temple).
![The holy sarovar around the Golden Temple](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc01970.jpg?itok=aiqUHjsg)
Angioplasty for groundwater or a heart attack waiting to happen?
Posted on 16 Aug, 2013 10:38 AM“What is in a name? That which we call a rose, would smell as sweet by any other”, goes the line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. There is quite a lot in a name, Juliet, especially if attaching the wrong terminology to a process is used to appropriate public funds - Rs. 800 crores, in fact.
![Shirpur, Maharashtra of the 'Shirpur Model' fame](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/shirpur_location_0.jpg?itok=xaMH062X)
Invitation to 3rd Delhi Youth Summit on Climate Change, Delhi Greens, Delhi
Posted on 15 Aug, 2013 10:59 AMFor further details of the summit, please click here
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Applications invited for UN-Water Best Practices Award, United Nations University
Posted on 15 Aug, 2013 08:24 AMFurther details of the announcement can be gathered from the link here
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Invitation to a bicycle pilgrimage cum awareness ride 'Bow To Bhavani' in the Nilgiri Mountain Range, Gubbi Labs, Bangalore
Posted on 11 Aug, 2013 12:52 PMFor registration and further details on this exciting event, please click here.
For more information, click here
The brochure and the trekking map can be viewed in the attachments below
![Bhavani river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/river.png?itok=tPm2OEdG)
Invite to a Public talk on 'Uttarakhand Disaster: Can the nation learn any lessons ?', by Himanshu Thakkar, Environment Support Group, Bangalore
Posted on 11 Aug, 2013 09:37 AMFor more information on the event please download the invitation for the talk from below.
![South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sandrp.png?itok=Yf45aVLP)
Apply for online distance learning course on ' Water Safety Plans (WSPs)', The Water Institute
Posted on 10 Aug, 2013 11:48 AMFor more information on the course, please click here
To access registration form, please click here
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Turtle relocation program or turtle poaching plan?
Posted on 09 Aug, 2013 12:23 PMRajkumar needs no urging to talk about Sundari. She is evidently a favourite of his. When we met, he regaled me with stories of her beauty, her smartness and her incredibly sweet nature. When he finally brought her out to meet me, I failed to see any signs of a winning personality or of towering intelligence. "Well," I rebuked myself, "you've only met her for two minutes.
![Juvenile turtles at the Sarnath Sanctuary](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/p1010852.jpg?itok=7UxZxfNM)
Seminar on 'Who is to blame for the Uttarakhand disaster', Uttarakhand Aapada Rahat Manch, New Delhi
Posted on 07 Aug, 2013 01:55 PMOrganiser details
Uttarakhan Aapada Rahat Manch
About the seminar
Discussion on the cause of the Uttarakhand disaster and how the rehabilitation process can be strenghthened
Panelists
![Uttarakhand devastated](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/uttaranchal.png?itok=g_NptkdN)