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Centre fails to see the wood for the trees
Teaser: The latest FSI report says India is getting greener. A closer look at the story behind the numbers says otherwise.As per the biennial State of Forest Report (SFR) 2017 by the Forest Survey of...
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No water for irrigation from Sardar Sarovar dam
Teaser: News this weekFarmers anxious as government stops water supply from the Sardar Sarovar dam for irrigationFollowing the Gujarat government’s decision to stop supplying water from the Sardar...
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Seeds of discontent
Teaser: There are various reasons why India’s small and marginal farmers are unhappy. Small farmers are the key to ending poverty and hunger and promoting sustainable development. In India, small and...
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Tackling climate change in Maharashtra
Teaser: Maharashtra needs to make its agriculture resilient to climate change, urges Watershed Organisation Trust on the eve of World Water Day 2018.On the eve of the World Water Day, Watershed...
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Government amends e-Waste Management Rules
Teaser: Policy matters this weekE-waste management rules amended to improve implementation efficiencyThe Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has amended the e-Waste...
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New hydrogel to help drought-hit crops
Teaser: A hydrogel from cluster beans is found to increase soil moisture. It can help crops in times of drought.Scientists have developed a hydrogel from the gum of guar (cluster bean) that can...
View ArticleIndia-UK Water Centre call for volunteers
India-UK Water Centre is calling for volunteers from its Open Network of Water Scientists to help support the design and implementation of its first Grassroots Field Exposure Sessions (GFES)The GFES...
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Power play chokes Korba
Teaser: A video tells the story of the villagers of Korba who are affected by the fly ash from power plants which makes their village the fifth ‘critically polluted area’ in the country.Korba in...
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Saving Jhabua’s children from fluorosis
Teaser: INREM Foundation’s work helped develop protocols on designing proactive action on safe water and nutrition to help mitigate fluorosis in Jhabua. In 2010, nine-year-old Kailash from Miyati...
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Sharing water, reaping benefits
Teaser: This study finds that small farmers who undertake group micro irrigation through pooling of land and water resources greatly benefit through increase in productivity and profit...
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Tackling fluorosis by following Nalgonda's lead
Teaser: Engaging with the fluorosis problem in Nalgonda gave the FKAN a chance to understand the problem and apply the solutions nationally.Fluorosis continues to be a regional issue in Telangana to...
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Uttarakhand braces itself for dry days
Teaser: More than 1000 villages of the state are expected to be affected by a severe water crisis.Lokesh Verma, a farmer from Nainital’s Chanfi village, says this is the third year in a row that he is...
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Anicuts affect Mahanadi's flow
Teaser: While the three anicuts on the Mahanadi are hampering its free flow, another one is being planned by the government. Gopal Nishad, a fisherman in his early 40s, is frustrated that there is...
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Call for Admissions for Graduate Program of Water Science and Policy 2018 at...
A first of its kind academic program offering a multi-disciplinary perspective on water with a special focus on policy and practical solutions.Entering its second year, the Graduate Program of Water...
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Tackling climate change in Maharashtra
Teaser: Maharashtra needs to make its agriculture resilient to climate change, urges Watershed Organisation Trust on the eve of World Water Day 2018.On the eve of the World Water Day, Watershed...
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Anicuts affect Mahanadi's flow
Teaser: While the three anicuts on the Mahanadi are hampering its free flow, another one is being planned by the government. Gopal Nishad, a fisherman in his early 40s, is frustrated that there is...
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Sewage to blame, Dal turns dull
Teaser: Years of indiscriminate dumping of sewage turns Kashmir’s beautiful Dal Lake into an eyesore. Srinagar's prime tourist attraction, Dal Lake, is no more the scenic beauty it used to be. It's...
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Darjeeling tea faces climate risk
Teaser: Increasing temperatures, decreasing rainfall and change in relative humidity adversely affect the famous Darjeeling tea production.The gradual change in temperature and rainfall patterns in...
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Not enough water, villagers look for solution
Teaser: Chhattisgarh’s Bemetara district has been facing severe water shortage for a while now. Rainwater harvesting could be a solution to this.There seems to be no end to the drinking water crisis in...
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Delhi to amicably settle water dispute with Haryana
Teaser: News this weekDelhi Jal Board decides to withdraw all cases against Haryana to amicably settle water disputeThe Delhi Jal Board has decided to withdraw the cases filed against Haryana in the...
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