Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The Indo-Pak row over the 330 MW Kishanganga hydroelectric project is getting more serious than New Delhi had earlier anticipated. Buoyed by the success in the Baglihar project, where the Indian position was largely upheld, New Delhi did not quite think matters would go this far when Islamabad first threatened …
E-Way Will Make Delhi-Haridwar Drive Smooth, Steamers To Ply In Canal New Delhi: The drive from Delhi to western Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will soon be a breeze for commuters and tourists. With the Uttar Pradesh government all set to start work on an eight-lane expressway connecting Greater Noida and …
Jamshedpur, June 16: Singhbhum Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) today organised a seminar to generate awareness about water conservation and rain water harvesting. Deputy general manager (water management), Jusco, Pranay Kumar Sinha, who was the keynote speaker, projected the scenario 60 years from now.
Poor Waste Disposal System, Unauthorised Constructions & Siltation Behind Flooding: NSSO Report THE monsoon may affect the urban poor more as 48% slums are facing acute waterlogging problems, affecting about 4 million households. In 2002, waterlogging had affected 36% slums, as per a report by the National Sample Survey Office …
Washington: Moon has hundred times more water than was previously thought, and it could be widespread deep under its surface, planetary scientists have claimed. A US-led team has based its findings on an analysis of the mineral apatite in lunar rocks picked up by Apollo space missions and in lunar …
As Haryana Forest Department Tries To Get Rid Of Predatory Fish, Sultanpur National Park Is Fighting For Survival Walk down a Sultanpur National Park trail and the dead fish you see are a terrifying sight. Tread farther and you can
Sandeep Moudgal and Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, June 14, DHNS: The act of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike in entrusting rejuvenation of lakes to Bangalore Development Authority has raised several questions. The fast depleting water bodies in the City have raised alarm bells and the setting up of Lake …
Where there is a will there is a way. Punjab can reduce the area under paddy and arrest the fall in its groundwater; it only needs the political will to do so. Sadly, this political will is lacking in this government as was the case with the previous Congress one, …
Ahmedabad: Unlike the past monsoons, Sabarmati riverfront this year looks more secure in the event of heavy rains this season. For the past two years, the reclaimed sandy bank used to get washed out in a heavy downpour resulting in damages running into crores of rupees. But in the last …
Will end stagnation on road and inundation of nearby houses: Mayor Twin objective:Mayor R. Venkatachalam explains the features of a rainwater harvesting structure built by the Coimbatore Corporation at Chinthamani Nagar in ward no:62 .
Some weeks ago when Amit Biswas was handed a cup of water for the customary rinse-and-spit after a dental procedure he already knew the water’s source. Although his gums were hurting from the extraction of the wisdom molar he remembered what Pritpal Singh, dental surgeon and proprietor of Aradhana Clinic, …
The Ganga in Haridwar district has shifted 500 metres from its course over the past four decades, shows a study by the Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (usac). The state government agency said erosion of the river banks maybe speeding change of course. “Half a kilometre in 36 years can be …
That India is on the verge of a serious water crisis is a foregone conclusion. So much so that the possibility of water riots in the future can't be ruled out. And it's not that the farmers of Vidarbha in Maharashtra or Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh are the only casualties …
Ahuge, potentially life-giving sea likely covered more than a third of Mars some 3.5 billion years ago, according to a study released on Sunday. Spread over an area the size of the Atlantic Ocean, it would have straddled the north pole and contained the equivalent of a tenth of the …
City anchor: high court had set up panel to initiate restoration of water bodies; Bulk of work done by delhi govt; ASI, CPWD too chip in It has taken eight long years, but if all goes well, Delhi will have nearly 300 replenished water bodies by this monsoon. As per …
The Himalayan glaciers that feed Asia's five largest rivers are in no danger of disappearing by 2035, as claimed in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's most recent report. In fact, only the glaciers that melt into the Ganges are shrinking, according to the most detailed analysis yet of how …
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has issued notices to nearly one lakh building owners for not taking steps to harvest rain water. Notices will be issued to another six lakh in one month, according to Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu. Speaking at the …
