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Pune runners aged 6 to 70 participate in Neerathon 2023 to promote water s
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 3 (ANI/ATK): Nearly 1,200 people, including students and senior citizens, participated in Kalyani Ferresta Neerathon 2023 at Amanora Park Town, Hadapsar, an annual run for water conservation, on 26th Feb 2023 Sunday. This family-fun run event, hosted by Rota
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Liquiclear is revolutionising water purification in India
Updated : 3 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI/PRNewswire): In the face of this global water crisis, water conservation is inevitable. From heavy rains leading to devastating floods to droughts resulting in water scarcity, India is facing an unprecedented water crisis. With an estimated 600 million peo
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JalTara -- Art of Living's vision for a water-rich India
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 2 (ANI/PRNewswire): India is under extreme water stress - especially due to depleted groundwater across its rural communities. This is not due to poor rainfall - India gets plenty of rainwater from annual monsoons. The main reason is that only a small
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Powerful Resolution for Water and Drought Issues on the Way: JalTara, an A
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): Over 54 per cent of India's population is under extreme water stress in different ways, such as poor land productivity for farmers, migrations, poor soil health, and depleted quality of crops dependent on water. Rainwater is the ult
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China lost USD 18 billion in 2021 due to extreme weather: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The report highlighted how climate change impacts are wreaking an ever-increasing human, financial and environmental toll, worsening food insecurity and poverty and holding back sustainable development. The report also painted a worrying scenario for future water stress.
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Indus Water Treaty: Pakistan objects over construction of Kishenganga, Rat
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Notwithstanding, the Indus Water Treaty's (IWT) most generous and unequal sharing of waters favouring Pakistan vis-a-vis India, Islamabad objected to the construction of Kishenganga and Ratle dams by New Delhi.
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Researchers show that plant water stress, not termites cause mysterious ci
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Scientists have puzzled over the origin of Namibia's fairy circles for nearly half a century. It boiled down to two main theories: either termites were responsible, or plants were somehow self-organizing. Now, researchers from the University of Gottingen, benefitting from two exceptionally g
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Pakistan: Climate change deepens water crisis, worries mount amid droughts
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Minister for Climate Change, Sherry Rehman, on Monday raised the issue of water scarcity while Pakistan is designated as one of the three most water-stressed countries in the world as the intense water crisis in the country has led to se
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PM Modi's Jal Jeevan Mission seeks to provide clean tap water to every hom
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): In India's water-stressed villages, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide clean tap water to every household.
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Water stress poses credit risks for coal, mining and power sectors: Moody'
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Singapore, September 20 (ANI): Water management is among the top environmental risks for countries and sectors in Asia, according to Moody's Investors Service.
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DS Group's water conservation initiatives focus on long term water sustain
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Dharampal Satyapal Group (DS Group) has been working in the water stressed areas of the country to ensure long term availability of water through geographic-specific conservation measures and judicial utilization of resources. The Group su
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One killed in protest over water stress in Iran
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 18 (ANI/Xinhua): One person was killed on Friday night in the southwestern Iranian town of Shadegan during the protest over water stress amid a severe drought, official news agency IRNA reported.
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