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Most River Basins in India Not Climate Resilient: Study

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Most River Basins in India Not Climate Resilient: Study

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A new study by Indian researchers has shown that only 6 out of 22 river basins in the country have the potential to cope with the threat of climate change, ...

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STUDY ON TURQUOISE AND BRIGHT SKY-BLUE APPEARING FRESHWATER BODIES (PDF Download Available)

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STUDY ON TURQUOISE AND BRIGHT SKY-BLUE APPEARING FRESHWATER BODIES (PDF Download Available)

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Water is very ​essential and a ​major component ​of all living ​creatures. Pure ​water is ​colourless, ​tasteless ​ and odourless,​ but is ​generally found ...

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Big Data ​and Community ​Toilets to ​Create a Model ​for Building ​Urban ​Sanitation

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Big Data ​and Community ​Toilets to ​Create a Model ​for Building ​Urban ​Sanitation

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In the Indian city of Pune, tricking out community toilets with Wi-Fi and sensors could be the way to create a modern waste management system and become a ...

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Scientists Help to Tackle Spread of Typhoid Overseas

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Scientists Help to Tackle Spread of Typhoid Overseas

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Scientists have made a breakthrough in helping tackle typhoid among slum dwellers. The University of Brighton team won funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates ...

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Waterless Eco-San Toilets

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Waterless Eco-San Toilets

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Waterless Eco-San toilets are exactly what rural India needs in a fight against open defecation, while simultaneously tackling the water shortage.  These ...

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Urban Floods Disarraying Life: The Ugly Truth of Modern India

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Urban Floods Disarraying Life: The Ugly Truth of Modern India

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After every urban deluge – from Mumbai to Chennai to Gurugram – it is invariably asked, “was all the damage to property and loss of human life avoidable?”  ...

Government Flood Management Infrastructure Integrated Infrastructure Urban Water Infrastructure Infrastructure Management Flood management Flood damage Flood Risk Management India

Israel's Tips Help India's Farmers Count Every Drop

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Israel's Tips Help India's Farmers Count Every Drop

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Drought-stricken Hunagund has been transformed into fertile land, thanks to drip irrigation Karnataka’s tryst with Israel began even before PM Narendra Modi ...

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