UN World Water Development Report 2025
<p>For billions of people, mountain meltwater is essential for drinking water and sanitation, food and energy security, and the integrity of the environment. But today, as the world warms, glaciers are
Glaciers
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A damp squib
Himalayan Snow and Glaciers, Associated Environmental Problems, Progress and Prospects
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Fashioned from glacier melt
An ingenious engineering scheme takes care of water woes of three Ladakh villages
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In Short
lethal teflon: The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has charged the DuPont company with hiding the adverse health and environmental effects of Teflon, used in its non-stick cookware and carpet
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Hot spots
Global warming will lead to water scarcity in Asia
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Terminal retreat
Four glaciers of the Baspa basin may dry up due to global warming
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Sea change
Photographs confirm Patagonian glaciers are melting into oblivion
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An attractive Place to go
Tourism’s footprint is too big for Leh’s infrastructure
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Re schooling ladakh
Eight years of reforms have turned government schools around in Leh district
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More energy, Less wastage
Solar is Ladakh s way out of the diesel trap
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Panchayati Raj: A good beginning
But will there be a place for traditional institutions in modern local self governance?