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7 crore rural households given piped water connection in 3 just years: PM
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): India is making all-round efforts for ensuring water security and around 7 crore rural households have been connected with a piped water facility within just 3 years, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday.
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Second meeting of Ken-Betwa Link Project held on Wednesday
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The second meeting of the Steering Committee of Ken-Betwa Link Project (SC-KBLP) was held on Wednesday at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
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Cabinet approves MoU between India, Australia for technical cooperation in
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), the Government of India and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Government o
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HCL commits USD 15 million to address global freshwater insecurity
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Davos [Switzerland], May 25 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Water security has never been more urgent. With the global population set to hit 8.5 billion by 2030, pressure is increasing on the world's limited supply of fresh water. By 2030, the global demand for water will have exceeded sustainable
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World Water Day 2022: CSE researchers detail impact of rising temperature
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 22 (ANI): This World Water Day, researchers from the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) have stressed the need for judicious use of water as climate change has already started affecting water access for people around the world.
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India eyes USD 700 billion investments to boost urban infrastructure
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], November 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kunal Kumar, Joint Secretary and Mission Director (Smart Cities Mission), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, today said that India needs around USD 700 billion of investment from 2021 to 2031 to boost its urban infrastructure s
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Amid depleting groundwater table, Aquabrim is promoting water security acr
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): It is common knowledge, taught to us since school days that water covers 70 per cent of our planet, and only three per cent out of it is fresh water and two-third of it is stored in glaciers. However, the struggles of over a billion people world
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Water security a top priority in Covid-19 recovery: ADB
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Dec 18 (ANI): Economies of Asia and the Pacific must put water security at the top of their agenda to recover from the fallout of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic and adapt to climate change, according to a new flagship report released on Friday by the Asian
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Cabinet approves MoU with Australia for collaboration in sustainable groun
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Australia to promote cooperation in surface and groundwater training, education and research to achieve water security for agricultural, urban, industrial and en
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EnKing International, the first Indian company to become a CDP Accredited
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India] September 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): CDP runs the global environmental disclosure system, each year it supports thousands of companies, cities, states, and regions to measure and manage their risks and opportunities on climate change, deforestation and water
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New tools to monitor water quality, measure water insecurity
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 17 (ANI): In breakthrough research, scientists have come up with new tools that present high-tech and low-tech solutions for improving water security.
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Water security at centre of Modi govt's development agenda, says Jal shakt
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], Aug 30 (ANI): The Modi government has put water security at the center of its development agenda, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said here on Thursday (local time), adding that the ministry is the first-ever concrete step towards water conservation.
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