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. …
Increasingly, ensuring resource security will go from being a local problem to a global challenge Water, food, energy and minerals are highly strategic resources. They are essential to human development and, in the case of water and food, to human survival. Food production is, meanwhile, closely intertwined with water and …
Afzal Khan in Islamabad India and Pakistan on Sunday began a three-day annual meeting of the Indus Water Treaty Commission (IWTC) in Lahore amid Pakistani complaints of treaty violation by India by blocking flow of water from rivers allocated to Pakistan under the Indus Basin Water Treaty of 1960. Top …
Pakistan has sought changes in the design of the Nimmo-Bazgo hydropower project being built by India in Jammu and Kashmir even as the two sides agreed at the three-day annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission, which started in Lahore on Sunday, to use telemetry and satellite systems to monitor …
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Sunday stressed the need for better water management and schemes to harvest rainwater, reiterating experts' warning that a water crisis would lead to major problems in the world. Addressing a conference on water management of the ancient Tamils, the Chief Minister pointed out that …
FORMULATE NEW WAYS TO PRESERVE WATER: KARUNANIDHI CHIEF Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday urged the need to formulate new techniques to preserve water and called for conservation efforts so that fu ture generations are benefited. In his inaugural address at a seminar on `Water management of ancient Tamils', organised by …
By Rajib Roy SHILLONG: Nohkalikai Falls in Cherrapunjee is one of the prime attractions for tourists visiting the second wettest place on earth. With the 'viewpoint' just a few metres away from it -- known as one of the 'highest' in the world - Nohkalikai is a mind-boggling site. But …
The sharing of the Indus waters stands settled by the Indus Waters Treaty 1960, and the nature of the sharing is such that no disputes can arise on this matter. Questions of the conformity of Indian projects to the provisions of the treaty can indeed arise, but the agreement provides …
New Delhi: Only recently, the Delhi government had assured the Supreme Court that the capital was power surplus and would not face any power cuts in the summer. But that claim may have been made too soon. The reservoir at Tehri hydel station in Uttarakhand is running low and may …
The idea of groundwater recharging by harvesting rainwater is gaining ground in many cities and it is the only way to address the global water crisis After an extended winter, a scorching summer is setting in and one can feel the heat, literally. And, like in the past, we may …
Appreciative of the action taken by Bangladesh against Indian insurgent groups operating from its soil, India has assured Dhaka that it would not take any unilateral decision on its proposed river-interlinking project that might affect the neighbouring country. On the controversial Tipaimukh Dam Project also, New Delhi has conveyed to …
A Unicef report has shown high levels fluoride in groundwater sources in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri A new report has confirmed the unacceptably high fluoride content in groundwater sources in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts. The Hogenakkal drinking water scheme was conceived over 40 years ago to specifically address this problem in …
With the Tamil Nadu opposition parties, the AIADMK and the PMK, accusing the ruling DMK of not implementing the Hogenakkal drinking water project, using the Cauvery water, the dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu is back in the limelight. Focusing attention on the water scarcity situation in the Pennagaram constituency, …
WASHINGTON: Since the surprise discovery last year of trace amounts of water on the moon, scientists have been redefining their concept of Earth's rocky neighbor. Now researchers say that the water on the Moon comes in three different flavors. This new announcement comes hot on the tail of a series …
In order to ease water crisis in the city, Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has formally approved the installation of 10 new tubewells in different parts of the city to quench the thirst of residents in the coming summer season. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who is also …
Jammu: As neighbouring Punjab has backtracked on an agreement on sharing water of the Ravi, the state government has constituted a committee to take up the matter with Punjab. Minister for Public Health Engineer (PHE) and Irrigation Taj Mohi-ud-Din said this today in the Legislative Assembly while replying to the …
The traditional method of rain water harvesting is the most effective and simple way to conserve the water. It facilitates utilization of rain water for domestic as well as agricultural purposes. For a rain water harvesting system, all we need is rain and a place to collect it. Typically, rain …
Thiruvananthapuram: A high-power committee appointed by Kerala government has accused Coca-Cola of causing damages to the tune of Rs 216.26 crore through the operation of its bottling plant in Plachimada in Palakkad district. The committee headed by additional chief secretary K Jayakumar which went into the
Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage Board officials take out awareness rally For blue resource:Officials of the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board taking out an awareness rally on the occasion of World Water Day in Karur on Monday. KARUR: The need to conserve water and water resources for ensuring …
A painting exhibition put up to mark World Water Day on Monday. CUDDALORE: If wastage of water continues, then by 2025, there will be acute scarcity of water, forcing people to stand in queue to get the rationed out water. These are ominous forebodings conveyed through the paintings by the …
