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. …
BHUBANESWAR: With Dussehra over, Gridco, the bulk supplier of power, and the Orissa Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL), are reportedly putting pressure on the Government to go for power regulation from October onwards in view of the poor hydro situation in major reservoirs. Faced with shortage of power, the two …
Students collect signatures from members of the public Making a difference: Students participating in a signature campaign conducted at Erode bus stand to create awareness on pollution in water bodies on Tuesday. ERODE: Students, about 25 of them, conducted a signature campaign at Erode bus stand to create awareness on …
It is 2050. A warming climate and accelerated snowmelt have reduced the dry season flow in the Indus to a trickle. Pakistan backs out from the Indus Waters Treaty and demands international intervention against India to increase its share of water flow. At the other end, gradual loss of land …
Pakistan has decided to approach the World Bank to request the appointment of a neutral expert to resolve a dispute with India over the Kishanganga hydro electric project if bilateral efforts fail to settle the matter, according to a media report. After failing to resolve the dispute through the Indus …
Despite a 25 percent deficit in rainfall, a village in Udaipur still manages to fill up its water tanks to the brim. Shantanu Guha Ray finds out how When he first visited Dilwara, on the outskirts of Udaipur, Andre Ling, then a student from England, saw the village
The country may face drought-like situation this Rabi (October-March) as heavy water withdrawals from dams draw down steeply without replenishment because of exceptionally low river flows. The Indus River System Authority (Irsa), which is meeting in Islamabad on Friday (today) to firm up its Rabi forecast, is expected to announce …
World food production must increase by 70 percent by 2050, to nourish a human population then likely to be 9.1 billion, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation forecast Wednesday. "FAO is cautiously optimistic about the world's potential to feed itself by 2050," said FAO Assistant Director-General Hafez Ghanem. However, he …
International space missions have found ice on the moon and more evidence of ice on Mars -- good news for future settlements and also for scientists looking for extraterrestrial life. Four reports published in Friday's issue of the journal Science show clear evidence of water, likely frozen, on the desert …
Kachchh, the second largest district in the country (45,652 sq. km), is located in the north-western region of Gujarat. In spite of being arid, Kachchh district has 80.21% of the total wetlands area in Gujarat2 (21.77 lakh ha). Most of the wetlands in this arid region are man-made, probably to …
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: Groundwater is not a bane but a boon. This is the drastic conclusion of a high-level task force, appointed by the Gujarat government to
Chandigarh BY 2025, India will be in deep water crisis, said experts at a seminar on water scarcity organised by Universal Rationale Genre of Exponents (URGE) on Thursday. URGE president S K Gulati said:
The world will have to produce 70 percent more food by 2050 to feed a projected extra 2.3 billion people and as incomes rise, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization said Wednesday. Global cereals demand for food and animal feed is expected to rise to 3 billion tonnes by …
Company plans PPP initiative as part of corporate social responsibility TIRUPATI: As a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Ltd. has announced to take up a water conservation project in Udumalapadu and Akkurthy villages of Srikalahasti mandal in Chittoor district, which is estimated to save 10 crore …
Bhakti V Hegde, Mangalore, Sep 24, DH News Service: Kolnadu and Munnur Gram Panchayats rule the roost when it comes to scarcity of water in Ullal area. Realising the fact that a permanent solution is better than superficial treatment for the problems, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has taken up borewell …
Sept. 23: The Kolleru lake restoration plan is in doldrums as the state has no money to pay for compensation and rehabilitation worth Rs 650 crore. The Centre has already clarified to the state they can neither give financial assistance nor reduce the sanctuary area from Cantour 5 to Cantour …
A women's organisation called Maitri has finally decided to take measures to preserve the famous Naini Lake, located in the middle of Nainital in Uttarakhand. The lake, which is ensconced in the centre of the mountains in Nainital, has become highly polluted over the years and is also shrinking. The …
