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 Baltic Sea, bar Russian waters, was declared a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (pssa) at the 51st session of the International Maritime Organization's Marine Environment Protection Committee in London. An area so designated gets special protection because of its ecological, socio-economic or scientific significance. Eight Baltic Sea nations
rapped for laxity: The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has received a sharp reprimand from the Delhi High Court (HC) for failing to ensure the closure of polluting units in the capital. The rebuke came when a division bench, comprising Chief Justice B C Patel and Justice B D Ahmed, …
function map() { var popurl="image/20040515/60-map.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=475,height=300,scrollbars=yes") } • As the world moves from the International Year of Freshwater (2003) to the UN Decade of Freshwater (2005-2015), two billion people in over 40 nations face freshwater shortage (see map) • 2.5 per cent of Earth's water is freshwater. Less than one …
At a time when water levels in most of the country's reservoirs have plummeted below their 10-year average, the Union government still seems to be on the high it got from last year's monsoon-propelled 8 per cent-plus gdp growth. A normal monsoon has been predicted for this year, too; that …
Elections always teach lessons. The outcome of the 2004 polls is still a few days away but we have already learnt from media reports that the water scarcity has left a countrywide imprint. The crying need for water reverberates in villages of the water-stressed regions in central India, in rainfall …
Digital processing of the IRS-1D LISS-III image revealed a highly degraded state of the Kolleru lake. Among the several techniques tried, image enhancement through automatic log residuals method clearly indicated that about 42% of the 245 km2 lake area was encroached for aquaculture and 8.5% more area was occupied for …
An unmanned supersonic jet has startled the world with a flight speed seven times more than that of sound (Mach 7). The us' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (nasa) successfully tested the x-43 a supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet), which flew at a speed of 7,700 kilometres per hour. The scramjet …
What are some challenges in delivering safe water to the people of Kenya? The main challenge before the government in Kenya is to improve a dilapidated infrastructure inherited from the previous government and a lack of resources to undertake rehabilitation and the extension of water infrastructure to a large unserved …
though seasonal water availability is imperative for any country, not enough information is available to appropriately budget river water in India. This is due to the dearth of data on the factors associated with hydrology, and absence of a feasible framework to put these variables in perspective. Researchers of Goa-based …
The African countries that fall within the Nile river basin have lately adopted a synchronised approach the like of which has never been witnessed before. The 10-member group is working closely to ensure that each nation develops in a sustainable manner through the equitable utilisation of the Nile's water resources. …
a recent midnight attack on Maharashtra's Rajapur barrage by farmers belonging to the neighbouring state of Karnataka has fuelled fears that future wars of the world will be fought over water. On March 26, around 400 residents of Soundatti and Naslapur villages, in Karnataka's Belgaum district, crossed over to Maharashtra …
row-ridden project: A Hong Kong court has cleared a huge reclamation project in the city's Victoria Harbour despite activists pointing out that the venture could destroy the world-famous waterway. The court ruling is being construed as a victory for local leader Tung Chee-hwa, who had backed the 18-hectare (ha) project. …
The World Bank has approved a $39.5 million loan to Karnataka for assisting the State Government's urban water supply plans. The project will benefit about 200,000 residents in the cities of Gulbarga, Belgaum and Hubli-Dharwar. It is also expected to encourage policy reforms in the water supply sector. The loan …
The Caspian Sea has been rapidly losing nutrients in the north of Iran due to uncontrolled growth in the number of comb jellyfish. But finally Iran seems to have found an antidote: Beroe ovata
The coal is one of the extensively utilized minerals in Meghalaya. Though coal deposits in the state is found all along the southern fringe of Shillong plateau, Jaintial Hills District is a major producer of coal. Mining operation, undoubtedly has brought weath and employment opportunity in the area, but simultaneously …
