Climate change could hurt farmers’ income by up to 20-25% in the medium term, according to the Indian government’s latest annual economic survey. Extreme ...
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Arati Kumar-Rao sheds light on how ancient rainwater harvesting methods help the most remote villages in India despite the lack of rains. Arati is an ...
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Bengaluru city of India is most likely to be the first Indian urban settlement that will run out of drinking water. The statement is scary but true as per a ...
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The city generates nearly 1,600 million litres of wastewater daily (MLD), but only 700 MLD is treated. Lakes around the city have been contaminated by the ...
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Two LoRaWAN companies have announced they have set their collective sights on bringing connectivity to India, tackling some of the country’s most pressing ...
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Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have been able to synthesise highly crystalline carbon dots by doping them with nitrogen, ...
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New WRI research finds that 40 percent of the India's thermal power plants are located in areas facing high water stress, a problem since these plants use ...
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The largest drip irrigation project in Asia, the Ramthal project in Karnataka, executed by Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL), has been ...
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Water ATMs are gaining popularity as an efficient way to make drinking water available in rural areas. Joining the bandwagon, RBL Bank, as part of its ...
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According to S. S. C. Shenoi, director, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), the system will become functional by April this year ...
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As part of the monsoon mission project, IITM, Pune, is presently conducting research for developing an application which would help in analysing the crop ...
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Do embankments help with flood control? Evidence from a research study in Assam. WaterPolicy. online is a blog managed by the Institute of Water Policy, Lee ...
Summary of a research report by the Institute of Research Analysis and Policy. WaterPolicy.online is a blog managed by the Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan ...
The fat and oil substances that enter some of Bengaluru's lakes through the city's broken sewage system may transform into biodiesel if a pilot project taken ...
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Israel's latest gift to India - the Gal-Mobile, a desalination and purification jeep- will be a boon to the Border Security Force (BSF) operating in Gujarat's ...
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The Bhuban-eswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) is considering a proposal to implement sustainable valve-less auto-wash gravity (VAG) technology for water ...
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Robots will soon replace men in cleaning up sewer holes in Kerala, ending the age-old practice of manual scavenging in the southern state. 'Bandicoot', the ...
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Rivers and water, closely connected with the survival of life forms, have always been an emotive issue to which biases can be mixed to further any agenda. So, ...
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In India both land and water are critical natural assets to serve the purpose of socio-economic development. Land area as recorded is 305 mha which includes ...
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Inspired by a college professor, villagers in the south-central part of Bihar donated money, built traditional channels and embankments to irrigate fields and ...
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