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. …
Mohammad Akhil Akhtar, the secretary of the Makhdoom Kund, claims the spring originated when the 13th century Sufi saint, Makhdoom Saheb, threw rocks at a tiger who had disrupted his prayer. Others say that the kund was called Sringi Rishi Kund at one time. The Sufi saint whose disciples came …
Rising trend of short but intense spells of rainfall is making usable water scarce in India Archita Bhatta Rising trend of short but intense spells of rainfall is making usable water scarce in India If you decide to ignore the news above as freak incidents you make a mistake. They …
March 13: Water experts have warned that the hydro-logical cycle needs to be protected to prevent water shortage in the future. Taking part in a seminar on "water use efficiency and water quality issues in Andhra Pradesh" organised by Central Ground Water Board here, the experts said water in the …
IT is 6 p.m. A couple of Hindu priests and a few men and women wait at the Manikarnika Ghat on the banks of the Bhagirathi, as the Ganga is known in the pilgrim town of Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand. Their heads are turned anxiously in the direction of the river …
UNITED NATIONS - The world needs to act urgently to avoid a global water crisis due to increased population, rising living standards, dietary changes and more biofuels production, the United Nations warned on Thursday. By 2030, nearly half of the world's people will be living in areas of acute water …
VIRUDHUNAGAR: The district administration has released Rs.1.25 crore to farmers for artificial recharging of ground water in 3,271 irrigation wells in the district till December 2008. Collector K. Raghupathi said that while small and marginal farmers were given Rs.4,000 as subsidy for constructing recharge filters, other farmers were being given …
In his attempt to track avian flu in China, Peng Gong ended up creating the only comprehensive wetlands map the country has. When Gong compared that map, described in an article published in Chinese last month, to another as-yet unpublished one, he found that nearly 30% of China
TAMBARAM: Removal of encroachments from the Adambakkam Lake and preventing its further degradation, improving water supply, permission to operate share autorickshaws were among the demands that the Federation of Adambakkam Welfare Associations made at a recent interaction with Labour Welfare Minister T. M. Anbarasan. At a grievance day meeting with …
KOLKATA, March 10: Responding to a complaint lodged by an NGO, the sub-divisional officer of Diamond Harbour has asked the assistant engineer of the irrigation and waterways to initiate an inquiry into the alleged attempts of a person to encroach on a portion of an irrigation canal joining Mograhat and …
D. Radhakrishnan Udhagamandalam: A fifth standard student of Lawrence School at Lovedale near Udhagamandalam, ten-year-old Rohit Mehta can now stake claim to be part of the honours list of his 151-year-old school which has over the decades produced many achievers in various fields. Awareness Last week, Rohit was the youngest …
New Delhi: The Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) has said the only way to augment the depleting groundwater table in the city is through rooftop rainwater harvesting.
A recent scientific correspondence in these columns noted with concern that one of the tidal inlets of the Pulicat Lake has been considerably narrowed, which could be detrimental to the lake. But a more recent satellite image of the area, which is presented here, does not indicate any reason for …
After being caught in bureaucratic red tape and disputes between States for nearly 30 years, the ambitious River Inter-Linking Project may soon become a reality with a link between Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh ready for launch in the next three years. In the next three years, the Ken-Betwa river …
The Punjab assembly yesterday passed resolutions recommending the protection and re-digging of village ponds and a ban on the use of polythene bags as well as the burning of wheat and paddy stubbles in the state. The House included the recommendation to ban polythene bags in the very last minute …
Geoscientists claim to have discovered an entire ocean that was destroyed 20 to 50 million years ago when its sea floor sank some 1,100km into the earth between Australia and New Zealand. An international team has reconstructed the cataclysm which took place when the tectonic plate underlying the ocean
Coimbatore: The Bharatia Janata Party has flayed the decision of the administration to construct houses along the Valankulam water body. State Secretary of the party G.K.S. Selvakumar in a memorandum to the Chief Minister pointed out that the weak dwelling units along the water body recently collapsed. The reason for …
