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. …
Norway became on Wednesday the first Arctic state to agree limits to its northern seabed, stopping short of the North Pole in a regional territorial scramble driven partly by hopes of finding oil and gas. Norway's newly defined continental shelf covers 235,000 sq kms (90,740 sq miles), or three-quarters the …
Facing a lake covered by low-lying clouds, spiritual leader Arwa Viku burns leaves hoping that the smoke will carry his message, his voice mixing with the sound of waves lapping the grass-lined shore. Here in mountainous central Colombia, Viku's Arhuaca Indian tribe is concerned that the country's water supply is …
California will receive $260 million of $1 billion in US economic stimulus funds slated for water infrastructure, US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday. The announcement comes amid California's third consecutive year of drought, a weakening state economy and a lack of consensus in the state …
Water scarcity means big growth for companies that purify, transport and distribute the world's most essential resource, but a global recession that has halted new projects and put off price increases means water investors will have to wait for the boom years. Water, cheap and indispensable, has long been prized …
K. Manikandan Slight damage was done to the bund because of road widening works: officials A portion of the Veeraraghavan lake was scooped for a road widening work recently. TAMBARAM: A section of residents of Tiruneermalai and Chromepet have voiced concern at the damage to the bund of Veeraraghavan Lake, …
Hyderabad, April 15: Though the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has allocated Rs 300 crore for cleaning the Hussainsagar lake, the authorities do not have machinery to clean the algae. They are depending on workers to clean it. Infested with water-hyacinths and aquatic weeds, the lake not only emanates a …
Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued notices to concerned officials of Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Pak-EPA for banning motor-boating at Rawal Lake View Park. A single bench comprising Justice Mohammad Ramzan Chaudhry issued notices to Pak-EPA director general, CDA chairman, CDA director parks and Rawal Lake Park manger, …
With the sun becoming more intense, the water crisis is also deepening in Madhya Pradesh. Water bodies like river, lakes and springs are drying up one by one. The underground water has gone down to around 600 ft. and has become inaccessible. It was said that Narmada is the only …
climate change EU wants more action With a world agreement on climate policy scheduled for December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, negotiations and blame games are reaching a frenzy. During recent EU-US bilateral talks, American policymakers criticized EU
Going powerless: Bangladesh is facing an acute shortage of natural gas supply that has crippled its power sector. The Power Development Board currently faces a shortfall of 165 million cubic feet per day (mcfd). At present it requires 850 mcfd of gas to generate around 4,000 megawatt (MW) of electricity …
Hazards of the proposed canal The proposed canal, dubbed Two Seas Canal, will pump water from the Red Sea to a height of 230 m above sea level, transport it along the Araba valley and then run down into the Dead Sea. The downhill flow will be harnessed to generate …
Resisting Reform? Water Profits and Democracy by Kshithij Urs and Richard Whittell, Sage Publications 2009, Price Rs 395 The book looks at attempt to reform Bangalore
Shimla: Alarmed over the depletion of water sources due to declining snow and rain, the government has decided to focus on water conservation projects under the national rural employment guarantee (NREGA) scheme, particularly in the water stressed areas of the state. Discharge in the surface water sources has been dwindling …
The Punjab Planning and Development Department (PDD) is spending 82 percent of its development budget for public welfare oriented sectors while Rs 50 billion is spending for the provision of education, health and clean drinking water facilities in the province. A spokesman said that one third of development budget is …
Water shortages mostly due to poor management While political candidates promise the world, all that some people want is to be free of water shortages. That
It's corn planting time in the U.S. Plains, and that means Kansas corn farmer Merl "Buck" Rexford is worrying about the weather -- and hoping there is enough water. Rexford plans to start seeding his 7,000 acres near Meade, Kansas, this week and he is relishing a recent heavy snow …
Mumbai Water, water everywhere but not a drop to spare, and therefore every drop should be used judiciously; this was the mantra of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
