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Billion gallons of water is saved by replacing coal with gas or renewable
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 22 (ANI): A research has found that the transition from coal to natural gas in the US electricity sector is reducing the industry's water use. It is helping in saving water and contributing to reducing water scarcity.
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TDP leader Kollu Ravindra's 36-hour hunger strike against sand scarcity co
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Oct 12 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Kollu Ravindra has been on a hunger strike since Thursday to protest against what he says sand scarcity in Andhra Pradesh, seeking the government's intervention in the matter. He is expected to end his fast later
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This committee spreads water conservation message during Puja celebrations
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Siliguri(West Bengal) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Amid the growing outcry of water scarcity, the Collegepara Durga Puja committee has organised their Durga Puja this year on the theme of the water conservation.
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Asia may face water scarcity for new power plants
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 21 (ANI): A new study has found that climate change and over-tapped waterways may significantly affect developing parts of Asia because of the lack of water to cool power plants.
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Extreme weather, population growth to cause water, food scarcity in Upper
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (ANI): Extreme hot and dry climate conditions coupled with population explosion is likely to cause water and food scarcity for up to 250 million people residing near the Nile, the world's longest river, according to a study published in Earth's Future, a journal of
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Odisha tightens bond policy for medicos
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): In a bid to overcome the scarcity of doctors in the region, Odisha state Health Department has revised the Medical Bond Policy.
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Telangana school forces 180 girl students to get hair cut to save water
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Medak (Telangana) [India], Aug 14 (ANI): In a bizarre incident, 180 girls of the Tribal Welfare Residential School in Medak town here were given a haircut on the orders of the administration in a bid to save water.
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Sustainability is the key to save water
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Like many other places, villages around Thar Desert have also been pushed to extreme conditions due to lack of water and soaring temperatures.
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Andhra govt to provide essential commodities to cyclone, water-scarcity af
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] Aug 4 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday decided to provide essential commodities to all the 'eligible' cyclone-affected families in the 32 habitations of the Devipatnam Mandal and people facing water-scarcity in villages of East and West Godav
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Low rainfall, water scarcity damaging paddy crop in East Vidarbha
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], July 25 (ANI): Less rainfall in East Vidarbha region has made it difficult for paddy farmers as they do not have much water to irrigate their crops.
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Andhra govt to provide Rs 1 crore to each MLA to tackle drinking water sca
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andra Pradesh) [India], July 11 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday announced to sanction Rs 1 crore to every MLA to take all necessary steps to solve the drinking water scarcity in the state.
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The earth is running out of sand: study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 6 (ANI): The importance of sand in the developing world cannot be neglected. We need it to build the houses we live in, make glasses we drink from and to create computers we work on, and yet it is being extracted faster than it can be replaced, say researchers.
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